Comment by hansmayer
1 day ago
I don't have to try at all - I think anyone who spent as much as an internship, let alone years at a modern tech corp would have no trouble distilling the absolutely clear message - we are spending too much for too little value. And actually wtf am I explaining myself? Every major tech outlet interpreted it like that too. It's not that hard Simon.
I think that both you and the other major tech outlets interpreted that poorly.
Oh really? How about the king of non-tech-outlets and digestible, shallow bites for the not-reading-books-middle-class, the Business Insider?
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai...
You know their business is literally correct interpretation of the C-Suite statements.
I think Business Insider are not a particularly high quality publication - they're prone to clickbait - and that headline is an example of why I think that.
Hah, I just checked their homepage and here they go again amplifying that COO fragment from that podcast:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tokenmaxxing-debate-uber-exe...
> "That link is not there yet, right?" Macdonald said in comments that went viral, racking up over 2 million views on X. "I think maybe implicitly there is more that is getting shipped, but it's very hard to draw a line between one of those stats and, 'OK, now we're actually producing 25% more useful consumer features.'"
Yeah, something going "viral on X" is clearly a sign that it's quality information!
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