The Oracles

The tech titan, Mark Zuckerberg, whose company is experiencing a meteoric rise in stock value after AI, has emerged from the shadows to deliver another one of his pronouncements on future:

"AI as good as mid-level software engineers at Meta".

I am not sure if this is true or not. However, one thing that is clear is the sheer disrespect that he has for the employees in his company. Meta has several thousand mid-level software engineers. His statement implicitly devalued the contributions of mid-level software engineers, suggesting that their skills are readily replaceable by AI. Dude! It is Leadership 101 to be able to respect people whose loyalties lie in you. Why should the employees even think about you or your company if your words can go against them? Is it leadership if you cannot help your people grow? You have their loyalties; it is your responsibility to help them grow. You would fail if you had to replace them with AI.

I've been saying it for a while now: AI is gonna shake things up big time, but, nobody knows exactly how. 40 years from now, it'll be woven into the fabric of our lives. But right now, it's all just a giant gold rush. Tech billionaires are blowing their own horns, hyping up AI to make a quick buck. They are selling hard. They are selling really hard.

These so-called "leaders" think they're the only ones who know how to run things. They think leadership is some secret formula they invented. Wrong. Dead wrong. Life is all about the choices you make. You lay off people, you force them to make hard choices. A choice where they will come back to hunt you down. This is a warning to those "leaders" who think they can just discard their employees. They won't be sitting at home scrolling endlessly on your soft-core porn site.

Not only that, Zuckerberg announced layoffs at Meta and said publicly that Meta is laying off "low performers".

Of course, Zuckerberg couldn't just lay people off like a normal human being. No, he had to publicly brand them as failures. Now these talented individuals have to deal with the stigma of being labeled "low performers" while desperately searching for new jobs. Maybe Zuckerberg should have focused on his education instead of dropping out. He might have learned a thing or two about compassion.

Oh, and let's not forget Zuckerberg's profound insights on "masculine energy". Truly a groundbreaking contribution to the world of philosophy.

Alright, let's circle back to what Jensen Huang said recently -

"Very useful quantum computers are still a few decades away".

Naturally, Huang's pronouncement triggered a sell-off in quantum stocks. After all, these tech titans are ultimately salesmen. Huang needs to keep those GPU sales flowing, and a quantum revolution would be a major threat to his bottom line. With NVIDIA's stock price skyrocketing, he's got a lot to lose. It's a classic case of self-preservation masquerading as technological prognostication.

However, just a day ago, we have new headlines:

"NVIDIA GTC 2025: Quantum Day to Illuminate the Future of Quantum Computing".

As Narendra Modi would say - "Hypocrisy has its limits!".

The tech industry has devolved into a circus of self-promotion. These "visionaries" are more concerned with lining their pockets than actually building anything meaningful. They've mastered the art of creating FOMO and manipulating the market to inflate their own fortunes. Meanwhile, their employees are left to bear the brunt of their reckless ambition.