The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat do you call this kind of business decision?media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down16
arrow-up1481arrow-down1imageWhat do you call this kind of business decision?media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day ago December 9, 2025 Microsoft plans to invest $17.5 billion in India over the next four years, expanding its AI and cloud footprint in the South Asian nation https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/microsoft-to-invest-17-5b-in-india-by-2029-as-ai-race-accelerates/ Microslop has not yet actually spent the announced amount so I don’t see how that’s relevant. Blame them for firing their QA department instead.
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day ago Blame them for firing their QA department instead. 100%! Of course, I’m sure the AI magic thinking helped them decide to fire their QA.
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoNo, it predates AI by few years. https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoGood point. Of course, the “AI will solve all our problems” has been floating for a good while before any actual AI products released. Either way, I figure it’s just another re-hash of past versions of “I shouldn’t have to pay experts, anymore.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/microsoft-to-invest-17-5b-in-india-by-2029-as-ai-race-accelerates/
Microslop has not yet actually spent the announced amount so I don’t see how that’s relevant.
Blame them for firing their QA department instead.
100%!
Of course, I’m sure the AI magic thinking helped them decide to fire their QA.
No, it predates AI by few years.
https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/
Good point. Of course, the “AI will solve all our problems” has been floating for a good while before any actual AI products released.
Either way, I figure it’s just another re-hash of past versions of “I shouldn’t have to pay experts, anymore.”