@wakame @fishidwardrobe @dpnash @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence Yeah, I had similar thoughts. Not just about the process vs. people thing, but literally every single point. One of the hardest things about agile, for me, is the expectation that I stick to the plan rather than flexing for the situation. For me, the situation is not just the external one, but the internal one. Some days I have more trouble controlling the focus of my attention. Those days, I often work on things that weren't picked out for the current sprint, and get massive amounts of stuff done, but then I look bad because it's not what I was supposed to work on. It doesn't matter that the order things get done often literally doesn't matter; I still receive negative judgment for it.

Requirements to put in a job description to discourage or filter out autistic people:

* Comfortable with ambiguity
* Strong people skills
* Good culture fit
* Multitasking
* A fast-paced dynamic environment
* Bachelor's degree or better

I see these things and think you don't want my >30 years of programming and machine learning experience, or my problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge that had people mistaking me for one of the team's PhDs, or my solutions that have proven patent-worthy. Your loss.

#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
@neurodivergence

@marytzu @dpnash @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence Those are the worst. There's no way to work around the inevitable communication breakdown.

@kaia The butts-in-seats approach to management, eh?

@argv_minus_one @baldur Ooh, let's code in English! A language that can't even clearly communicate when two people are agreeing with each other.

@hubertus_munz @renegadejade Really depends on the context. Sometimes people leap over boundaries instead of edging in.

@JoBlakely @jargoggles @renegadejade It's the classic kind person vs doormat dichotomy

"The chatbot apparently makes fewer errors than human equivalents, which has led to a 25% drop in repeat inquiries, while average conversations now last two minutes, compared with 11 minutes previously."

I wonder if they are actually confirming the reason calls are ending sooner and there are fewer callbacks. Because that can just as well be due to people not wanting to talk to a bot, and giving up when they realize that's the only option.

Also, I'm curious what the rate of misinformation to customers is.

Yikes!

Klarna chatbot doing work of 700 staff after AI-induced hiring freeze | Fortune
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/28/klarna-ai-altered-hiring-chatbot-700-full-time-staff-openai/

@Professor_Stevens @Runyan50 @LuLuLove @Daojoan @FantasticalEconomics There's a simple way forward that stops the concentration of wealth without taking a wrecking ball to the rest of the system. If for-profit corporations were replaced with cooperatives, any wealth extracted as profit would flow right back to those it was taken from. Without concentration of wealth, the erosion of democratic control of government via corruption would be slowed or halted, as well. What we need are laws and policies and a social movement that push for the replacement of for-profit corporations with cooperatives. Exit-to-community instead of an IPO. Incentives for the formation of cooperatives, and disincentives for profit. Taxation specifically of profit instead of income.

The economic term for the extraction of additional money without providing additional value is "rent-seeking". By this definition, corporate profit is a form of rent. Both should be outlawed. They are the core flaws in our system.

@hakan_geijer @HeavenlyPossum And if you need something contraband, you are out of luck

@hakan_geijer @HeavenlyPossum I'm fine being alone (with my family) but you can't keep food on the table that way in this country.

@HeavenlyPossum By all means. It's not an easy problem, and I imagine a lot of folks are in similar situations, particularly those of us most at risk of extermination under a fascist regime.

@HeavenlyPossum One thing I can point to is establishing ways to communicate safely. Encrypted communication channels, for example. Also geohashing-style drop points for thumb drives. But this presupposes someone you want to communicate *with*.

@HeavenlyPossum I would have never thought along these lines on my own. I'm also not sure how to go about it, aside from the reading part. I have basically no friends IRL, just family, and many of those can't be trusted.

@HeavenlyPossum The best way to address this, IMO, is to point out specific actions people can take right now in their own lives to make a difference. I think that's where the disconnect lies for most people.

If someone who commits murder lives on your block, are you a murderer?

If a terrorist organization is based in your country, are you a terrorist?

This idea that all of Palestine is responsible for the actions of Hamas is nothing but an excuse for genocide. It is no more valid of an argument than the idea that all of Israel is responsible for the actions being taken against innocent Palestinians. We have to stop grouping everyone together and identify those *individuals* who are actually contributing to the horrors if we ever want the pendulum of hate to stop swinging.

What matters are your deeds, not who you're lumped in with.

@Brendanjones All good points. At this point, anything that improves the status quo is worthwhile ti me. I'm sick of our corporate overlords, and I will fight them in whatever way I can.

The profit motive drives enshittification. Consumer coops are immune to it.

#Coops
#Cooperatives
#Enshittification

The profit motive drives worker exploitation. Worker coops are immune to it.

#Coops
#Cooperatives
#Exploitation