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einpoklum on May 30, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI...

> Why hire an intern or a recent college-grad when they lack both the expertise and experience to do what an AI could probably do?

1. Because, generally, they don't.

2. Because an LLM is not a person, it's a chatbot.

3. "Hire an intern" is that US thing when people work without getting real wages, right?

Grrr :-(

aianus on May 31, 2025 [–]

Interns make $75k+ in tech in the US. It's definitely not unpaid. In fact my school would not give course credit for internships if they were unpaid.

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