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8. Suckers and losers?

Reply to DBoon (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:54 PM

22 hrs ago

No, they are the suckers, and we, the losers, will bail them out as usual.

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Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free [View all] WhiteTara 23 hrs ago OP

One of them's born every minute struggle4progress 23 hrs ago #1

I was going to post "suckers" DBoon 23 hrs ago #2

The word I call CEOs rhymes with suckers Jerry2144 22 hrs ago #7

Suckers and losers? Coventina 22 hrs ago #8

See my post below FHRRK1 22 hrs ago #10

Consulting firms... lonely bird 22 hrs ago #11

Don't forget the bribes that were paid by the hardware and software vendors. erronis 21 hrs ago #16

Wait, you mean the salesmen proved to be an unreliable source of information ?? eppur_se_muova 23 hrs ago #3

sorry all I can do is... sheshe2 23 hrs ago #4

Long standing practice in IT and Software FHRRK1 23 hrs ago #5

No love for IBM? I do agree that Ellison took (takes) sleaze to the highest level. erronis 21 hrs ago #17

Had very little interaction with IBM FHRRK1 20 hrs ago #33

You bring up another horrible point about these companies. Stiffing the sales people that land the contracts. erronis 20 hrs ago #35

6- 11 trillion dollars SamuelTheThird 23 hrs ago #6

And taxpayers will end up bailing them out once again. OGBuzz 22 hrs ago #13

Now they have to hire back all the workers who were previously fired FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #9

You don't get to be a corporate executive by rationally thinking through the problem. Aristus 22 hrs ago #12

There was a chief executive at GE years ago named Jack Welch. Dr. T 22 hrs ago #14

As a former IT worker, slightlv 22 hrs ago #15

I worked decades in mainframe Skittles 21 hrs ago #23

Still being predicted. Even while mainframes continue to process 3_Limes 21 hrs ago #25

Same here. Back in my day they would make their sales pitch and get a contract, usually with upper managers... the nelm 20 hrs ago #31

The big AI players have figured out that its usage not effiency paulrevere2018 21 hrs ago #18

Smartest guys in the room on their way to creating yet another gargantuan crisis. NoMoreRepugs 21 hrs ago #19

Send ICE to detain those execs for stealing our jobs IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #20

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

Reminds me of the early days at AOL, paying per minute and getting huge bills... LOL... n/t TygrBright 21 hrs ago #22

This is the exact reason voters shouldn't put business people in govt positions --- because business people in2herbs 21 hrs ago #24

These shit-for-brains are the same execs who insist their pay/compensation is merit based. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #26

Thanks for all the knowledgeable comments. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #27

I agree! WhiteTara 20 hrs ago #34

Keep the workers. Fire the executives. Ditch the AI. NBachers 20 hrs ago #28

But they're okay with their bills from Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure? ChicagoTeamster 20 hrs ago #29

With AWS or Azure you should know what you're paying for - measurable usage of resources erronis 19 hrs ago #36

Almost like corporate executives are--in fact--overly simplistic morons, and don't deserve the worship they've grown Karasu 20 hrs ago #30

Not so fast. This article is very incomplete. HeartachesNhangovers 20 hrs ago #32

Maybe if government and business supported higher education with no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #37