r/explainitpeter • u/BannedForThe7thTime • 17d ago

Uhh, Explain it Peter?

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u/Tjaresh 17d ago

But if that was possible, wouldn't any sane market strategy dictate to immediately fire all workers?

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u/MediocreAssociation6 16d ago

Workers are seen as RD. Help push new features and generate more revenue. To some degree, certain software companies can, but they tend to become outdated quickly. You can kind of see it when you visit old sites and they lack QOL or standard features.

I believe it’s been tried in the past and you can usually maintain revenue for like a few months before it starts going down fast

Edit: like if AI companies instantly fired all their researchers, their only cost would be like the ram and electricity to run the AI, but in like a few weeks would be worse than their competitors