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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I assume that's exactly what happened when CEO went to Silicon Valley to talk to "important people". Despite being on a course to save money before, he dumped tens of thousands into AI infrastructure which hasn't delivered anything so far and is suddenly very happy with sending people to AI workshops and conferences.

But I'm only half-surprised. He's somewhat known for making weird decisions after talking to people who want to sell him something. This time it's gonna be totally different, of course.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The "important people" line is a huge part of how the grift works and makes tech media partially responsible. Legitimizing the grift rather than criticizing it makes it easy for sales folks to push "the next big thing." And after all, don't you want to be an important person?