>IT Leadership

You nailed it. Ive found that HN users in general have terrible understanding of how power dynamics work. Most seem to want to jam some sort of logic outcome to a situation that always only has one outcome. Those with power decide the outcome.

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shermantanktop 3 days ago | parent [-]

Word. It’s true until events overtake them. But until then, the dominant understanding of a problem is that which preserves the current power structure.

And that’s why the C-level AI mania is so fascinating - preserving the status quo usually means rejecting or controlling change. But with AI they are embracing something that could eat their status, presumably out of legitimate fear of the alternative.

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johnecheck 2 days ago | parent [-]

Ah, I hadn't considered that last bit. That is indeed telling.

The status quo is broken. It's a wobbling top. It's no secret; for all they benefit from it, most CEOs know that this isn't sustainable. For better or for worse, change is coming. Perhaps for some, embracing AI is an attempt to get ahead of that.

	▲	shermantanktop 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		There’s always some level of change coming - e.g. the petrochemical industry giants attempting to get into renewables, or the US healthcare absorbing Obamacare and thriving, or the industrialization of organic dairy production. This one feels different. I think one element is that AI can be a very effective bullshit generator, and most CEOs and middle managers are deploying some amount of bullshit all day long. So they see a new player on the field who undercuts their strengths and they are responding existentially.