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Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific kind of idiot.
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“Business Idiots” are nothing more than American Aristocracy. They fail upwards and are never held to account.
Business Idiots are pushing hard to make AI the next bubble because nothing sells empty promises like bubbles. Unfortunately for the Business Idiots hawking AI, only other Business Idiots are buying in. Large portions of workers quickly see AI for the unasked-for scam that it is.
But the tech Business Idiots don’t have any other things to hawk right now, so it’s gonna have to be AI or a dropping stock price – which we all know can’t be allowed to happen.
“Business Idiots” are nothing more than American Aristocracy. They fail upwards and are never held to account.
Business Idiots are pushing hard to make AI the next bubble because nothing sells empty promises like bubbles. Unfortunately for the Business Idiots hawking AI, only other Business Idiots are buying in. Large portions of workers quickly see AI for the unasked-for scam that it is. But the tech Business Idiots don’t have any other things to hawk right now, so it’s gonna have to be AI or a dropping stock price – which we all know can’t be allowed to happen.