• namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev
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      6 hours ago

      It’s a publicly traded company, isn’t it? Most likely there is some investor in the CEO’s ear asking him to push this down on all staff… so they come up with bright ideas like putting silly “requirements” like this in their job descriptions as well. And in any case, AI investors are so desperate these days, chances are that they’re doing everything they can to create general LLM FOMO in a similarly desperate push to increase adoption.

      That’s what I’m guessing at least. Even to me it sounds a little like a conspiracy theory, but then again these people have a lot of influence.

      • Björn@swg-empire.de
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        5 hours ago

        GOG is now owned by Michał Kiciński, one of the original founders. He can do whatever he wants.

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          And no, it’s not to use his staff in a secret evil plot to gain third hand investment returns by investing in the current hype cycle and then hiring staff to use that investment…