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CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court (www.404media.co)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 31 points 6 days ago (4 children)

So, per the article, mr CEO didn't want to pay the devopers their well earned extra from hitting a sales goal, so the wooden doll asked chatGePeTo how to avoid that. Even Gepeto said that it was going to "be difficult", but Kim Becile insisted on a plan.

The first step was posting a message on Subanutica’s website to get fans on his side. According to court documents, Kim said the goal of the message was to “secure public support from fans and legal validation of our legitimacy.” He then suggested that ChatGPT write it for him. It achieved the opposite of his intended goal. Fans found the message bizarre and worried about the future of the game. Those fears were compounded when Kim fired the game’s original creators and entered into a legal battle with them.

I'd like to meet a CEO of a similar megacorp that isn't both a complete fucking idiot AND an absolute psychopath. Surely there has to be one?

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago

Just make me CEO of a company. Surely I can't do worse than the crop of people they're currently finding.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The CEO having the direct ability to post to the company website is wild on its own. Everywhere I have ever worked nothing got on the company website unless it went through the marketing people at a minimum. If it was from someone like the CEO it probably went through the legal team as well first.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Krafton is South Korean. How's the corporate culture in South Korea? Are they as ritual-suicide-for-going-home-before-the-boss-does as Japan?

[–] Beero@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Basically same problems as Japan. Low birth rate, unrealistic work life balance that's helped GDP but now both are facing demographic shock that'll destroy the economy in a generation.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Considering Moon Channel's video on South Korea (tldw; he explains around 24:40 in the video how strongly neoconfucianism became the state ideology and that still endures to this day - and how highly important hierarchy is), I would say that yes, an underling would NEVER dare go against someone above them.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

More likely those in charge of moderation deliberately allowed him to shoot himself in the foot, given the kind of ass he is.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 10 points 6 days ago

C-level jobs tend to attract a particular type of personality...

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

First thing I remember hearing was Krafton announcing that Subnautica would be a live service multiplayer game, and then Unknown Worlds coming right in behind saying No the hellfuck it's not! It's going to be a cooperative multiplayer game that players host locally, and we'll be doing an early access campaign with continuing updates after the 1.0 release just like we did with Subnautica 1.

It has spiraled from there.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 days ago

For the record this was not a dev company CEO. He's the publisher company CEO, you know, the usual bastards.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

Further proof of how many CEOs are psychopaths.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When asked about it AI said "No comment."

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure AI would've said that with a much longer comment, likely 500 words at least

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

"That is a great response! Would you like me to look at other great responses that have been posted on Lemmy?"

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

This is a lot of what's happening. LLM companies have convinced the eagerly selfish that LLMs can empower them to do things they currently rely on others for, faster and better, and the early adopters are making very risky decisions that are blowing up in their faces. The current US admin is one of these groups of eagerly selfish, believing LLMs will empower them to be capable of things they simply aren't, like seizing power and ruling America forever.

[–] casualvagrancy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What did ChatGPT tell him to do, exactly?

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

What actually happened, apparently. Fire them to avoid payout.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Who knew?

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 342 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Kim: Aw shit I regret my contract. Maybe I can get out of it by lying. I need tons of lies. I need to lie and bullshit like a madman. I need to spout tons of absolute unhinged bullshit with a straight face.

ChatGPT: This. Is. My. Moment.

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[–] track_stick_baboon@lemmy.world 243 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I was against ChatGPT, but now I think it could be useful as a moron honeypot.

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 216 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Watching a CEO get fucked by using AI is orgasmic.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 178 points 1 week ago (22 children)

This is the kind of successful entrepreneur we're supposed to be looking up to, people.

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