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Posted by sam_bristow 1 day ago

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf](web.mit.edu)
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sublinear 1 day ago|
Making critical decisions without oversight is just as bad, or maybe worse.

If you frame it this way in a meeting, you will get the attention you want. Don't say I didn't warn you because that comes with a lot of scrutiny you might not want.

lstodd 1 day ago||
> The combined expenditure of U.S. companies on management consul- tants and training in 1997 was over $100 billion

erhm, if this figure is close to true i can see what market ai companies is after.

jacques_chester 1 day ago|
AI slots quite neatly into the capability trap model, actually.

Which loop it belongs to in the model is left as an exercise for the reader.

dang 1 day ago||
Related. Others?

Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39472693 - Feb 2024 (424 comments)

Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems That Never Happened (2001) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8940820 - Jan 2015 (50 comments)

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