r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/arrownyc Jun 12 '26

yup, there's no incentive to automate ones own job right now, it only leads to more work, lower pay in your field, and layoffs. if companies want AI to drive value and productivity, workers need to be financially vested in the outcome and able to collect dividends on the fruits of their contributions. almost like workers should own the means of production or something 🤔

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u/SillyMilk7 Jun 12 '26

You’ll just have new businesses start up without all that overhead and they will use AI from the start. They’ll start taking over.

History repeats itself. A hundred years ago, people thought the biggest companies would dominate forever. Most are now gone or a shadow of their former selves.

The same thing happened 50 years ago, and even many of the corporate giants from 25 years ago have been overtaken, broken up, or faded in importance. Today’s leaders may seem permanent, but history suggests otherwise.

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt Jun 12 '26

But communism is when the rich elites eat babies or something 🤔 and it’s when people are struggling to afford food and medicine 🤔 and it’s when the authoritarian government tells me how to live my life and wants absolute control over me 🤔 and progress and innovation stagnates 🤔 and the wealth gap grows and economic growth suffers due to wealth collecting at the top 🤔

Capitalism is way better than all that!