Ian CampbellJul 8

Some of William Gibson's earlier fiction centered around global megacorps engaging in direct espionage, including kinetic action, around poaching specialists and executives.

It was one of the things that I never really thought was plausible to that extent. If we're not there yet, we're pretty damn close...

also, lol, Apple must be piiiiiissssssed.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-poaches-apples-top-ai-exec-where-does-this-leave-apple-intelligence

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@neurovagrant This made me wonder if the AI engineers, scientists, and execs jumping of their respective ships was a vote for Meta, or a vote for themselves? No shade btw- In an age where having a job at a "very large corp" gives next to no job security (especially Meta), grabbing everything you can for yourself might be the best move you can do at this point. I haven't been in a mega corporate job since the aughts, so I'm trying to imagine the dynamic- maybe I'm off. But if it is what I'm thinking maybe Meta ends up crying about it the hardest in the end. Or not, It's only money- Zuck don't care lol
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@chux0r I mean, I think you're right on the money (pun intended): it's all mercenary.

At this point, I find it hard to fault folks for just trying to get enough money to gtfo and not have to worry month to month anymore, etc.

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@neurovagrant Precisely. And when AI slides off the hype curve, they'll know enough to be long gone, clean as a whistle.