[allturtles]

This is a brilliant piece of satire. "A Modest Proposal" for the AI age.

The leader bios are particularly priceless. "While working for 12 years as the Director of HR for a multinational, Faith realized that firing people gave her an almost-spiritual high. Out of the office, Faith coaches a little league softball team and looks after her sick mother - obligations she looks forward to being free of!"

[bilekas]

> This is a brilliant piece of satire. "A Modest Proposal" for the AI age.

There's some truth in all satire though. I'm just shocked YC hasn't nuked the link from the front page.

[hn_throwaway_99]

> I'm just shocked YC hasn't nuked the link from the front page.

I'm not. People dump on VCs and YC all the time here and it's frequently on the front page.

[overfeed]

Everyone is way above average here on HN, and will be thinking "The article speaks about every other idiot I work with - my genius is singular; I'm too valuable to my employer and irreplaceable. I'll be the one wrangling the AI that replaces my colleagues, while they figure out welfare"

[username223]

"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout."

Would Sam Altman even understand the original, or would he just wander ignorantly into the kitchen and fling some salt at it (https://www.ft.com/content/b1804820-c74b-4d37-b112-1df882629...)? I'm not optimistic about our modern oligarchs.

[oxag3n]

Why did I read that FT article start to finish?

Seems like a waste of time, but at the same time the feelings were similar to looking Hannibal Lecter in the kitchen scene.

[sivartnotrab]

I know it's good satire when it takes me a min to realize its satire