Literally was in a presentation at work the other day where they said someone used 2 million tokens and the next person used 1 million and they were so excited by it.
I didn’t get it. I asked went 2 million was better than 1 million. The VP basically said it’s not, just costs us more money.
So why the hell is the presentation acting like it’s a fucking victory?
Because they believe that AI will replace payroll, which is generally a businesses highest expense. The more AI usage, the more likely they can eliminate jobs and give themselves bonuses.
They are excited the way a farmer is excited when his pigs are gorging themselves on grain and getting really, really fat. The farmer is glad to pay for grain because its much cheaper than the money he makes from selling them for meat.
They are giddy because its almost time for payday.
I wonder at what point government will tax AI use by companies similarly to payroll taxes and incomes taxes.
If they pay an AI company $150,000 a month to replace $50,000 in salaries, the government then loses all that income tax from the previous employees as well as the payroll tax on $600k a year.
payroll, which is generally a businesses highest expense
This is something that changed in the industry; it was a investment back then.
At least some times Rohan gets it right, and they get it more right over time.
Besides do you have any idea how many Rohan(s) we can afford at $150,000/month?
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Total cost of employment is something like 140-160% of salary for a software dev. So my super handwavy half pulled out of my ass math puts it closer to 20 jr. engineers.
In France it’s more like 200%. minimum. Which is why our salaries are so shit when compared with US ones.
But the new trend is hiring interns which are much cheaper, work twice as hard, and come with tax deductions.
US salaries in general are inflated and not entirely indicative of actual spending power. They have a lot more ancillary costs like healthcare and other insurances, not to mention a significant lack of public transport means most people also need to pay for a car and gas and whatnot.
Add to that the fact that they get fuck all for vacation time meaning if they want time off, it costs their salary for the missed days. I think when you weigh it all out, it balances pretty evenly, if not somewhat in France’s favour.
