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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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If they do that then they're removing the "intelligence" leaving them left with only the "artificial".
I disagree with your showerthought though. CEOs aren't typically looking for "yes men". That's a stereotype. Some are, sure.
CEOs are ecstatic about AI because of the possibility of replacing expensive human labor with cheap fixed costs of hardware, software and electricity .
I think you have a naive view of CEOs. They always want people to agree with them and they certainly have a bloated ego. I think your interpretation is more the exception than the rule.
Just look at trump. He wanted to tariff the world and instead of trusting one of his advisors to do the research he just let ChatGPT spit out some garbage and went with that.
On the contrary; the good CEOs are just much quieter. The bad ones are in the news every other week with a new story about how shitty they are. We rarely praise kindness and successes, focusing instead on the latest screw up; so it seems like the screw ups are more prevalent because that's all you ever hear about.
It's hard to see the light, when you're constantly pushed towards the dark.
No. I'm not that optimistic. There is a reason the GOP is the dominant force in American politics. Its not because of MAGAts.