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GreatGazoo

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3. In marketing one rule is 'Under promise, over deliver'

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sat May 23, 2026, 05:35 PM

Yesterday

AI is doing just the opposite. Yes, a powerful tool for the right tasks but being sold as "sentient" and "intelligent".

One analyst pointed out, 'there was no budget for AI so those selling AI targeted payroll'. It made the imaginary numbers work better, for a while.

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Amazon Job Replacement Failures Expose AI Lies [View all] GreatGazoo Yesterday OP

Oh, look, those of us who said AI is a crock of shit are proven right. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #1

AI has been oversold to the point ot being a gigantic scam Warpy Yesterday #2

In marketing one rule is 'Under promise, over deliver' GreatGazoo Yesterday #3

Yep, grossly overrated and of limited utility not fooled Yesterday #4

To be fair, this is conclusion taking AI as it is today as a finished product EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #5

yes to both of those GreatGazoo 23 hrs ago #8

Not just companies but governments as well. meadowlander 22 hrs ago #9

AI is nowhere near replacing jobs Progressive dog Yesterday #6

Companies will do it anyway. OC375 23 hrs ago #7

And average people will be expected to just get used to everything being delivered worse than it used to be. meadowlander 22 hrs ago #10

The Forbes article looks at a bunch of companies that laid people off, went through GreatGazoo 21 hrs ago #11

Until it costs them Progressive dog 21 hrs ago #12