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NBachers

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28. Keep the workers. Fire the executives. Ditch the AI.

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Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:01 PM

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Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free [View all] WhiteTara Wednesday OP

One of them's born every minute struggle4progress Wednesday #1

I was going to post "suckers" DBoon Wednesday #2

The word I call CEOs rhymes with suckers Jerry2144 Wednesday #7

Suckers and losers? Coventina Wednesday #8

See my post below FHRRK1 Wednesday #10

Consulting firms... lonely bird Wednesday #11

Don't forget the bribes that were paid by the hardware and software vendors. erronis Wednesday #16

Wait, you mean the salesmen proved to be an unreliable source of information ?? eppur_se_muova Wednesday #3

sorry all I can do is... sheshe2 Wednesday #4

Long standing practice in IT and Software FHRRK1 Wednesday #5

No love for IBM? I do agree that Ellison took (takes) sleaze to the highest level. erronis Wednesday #17

Had very little interaction with IBM FHRRK1 Wednesday #33

You bring up another horrible point about these companies. Stiffing the sales people that land the contracts. erronis Wednesday #35

6- 11 trillion dollars SamuelTheThird Wednesday #6

And taxpayers will end up bailing them out once again. OGBuzz Wednesday #13

Now they have to hire back all the workers who were previously fired FakeNoose Wednesday #9

You don't get to be a corporate executive by rationally thinking through the problem. Aristus Wednesday #12

There was a chief executive at GE years ago named Jack Welch. Dr. T Wednesday #14

As a former IT worker, slightlv Wednesday #15

I worked decades in mainframe Skittles Wednesday #23

Still being predicted. Even while mainframes continue to process 3_Limes Wednesday #25

Same here. Back in my day they would make their sales pitch and get a contract, usually with upper managers... the nelm Wednesday #31

The big AI players have figured out that its usage not effiency paulrevere2018 Wednesday #18

Smartest guys in the room on their way to creating yet another gargantuan crisis. NoMoreRepugs Wednesday #19

Send ICE to detain those execs for stealing our jobs IronLionZion Wednesday #20

Gen-X will be charging 2x our salaries when we come back as independent consultants. OC375 Wednesday #21

Reminds me of the early days at AOL, paying per minute and getting huge bills... LOL... n/t TygrBright Wednesday #22

This is the exact reason voters shouldn't put business people in govt positions --- because business people in2herbs Wednesday #24

These shit-for-brains are the same execs who insist their pay/compensation is merit based. RockRaven Wednesday #26

Thanks for all the knowledgeable comments. yellow dahlia Wednesday #27

I agree! WhiteTara Wednesday #34

Keep the workers. Fire the executives. Ditch the AI. NBachers Wednesday #28

But they're okay with their bills from Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure? ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #29

With AWS or Azure you should know what you're paying for - measurable usage of resources erronis Wednesday #36

Almost like corporate executives are--in fact--overly simplistic morons, and don't deserve the worship they've grown Karasu Wednesday #30

Not so fast. This article is very incomplete. HeartachesNhangovers Wednesday #32

Maybe if government and business supported higher education with no_hypocrisy Yesterday #37