Business Insider co-founder roasted over creepy blog post about AI workers

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Article Business Insider co-founder roasted over creepy blog post about AI workers

Article Business Insider co-founder roasted over creepy blog post about AI workers

Elsacat

275

Apr 25 2025, 8:54 AM

#1

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/henry-blodget-invents-ai-employee-20289048.php

What I learned from this:

If a techbro founder can be inappropriate, he will
The "appropriate" response to techbros' inappropriate behavior is to placate and hype up

In short: Puke.

Elsacat

Apr 25 2025, 8:54 AM #1

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/henry-blodget-invents-ai-employee-20289048.php

What I learned from this:

If a techbro founder can be inappropriate, he will
The "appropriate" response to techbros' inappropriate behavior is to placate and hype up

In short: Puke.

VerdantHorizon

40

Apr 25 2025, 9:50 PM

#2

Quote:He then boldly defends the move, writing that his overstep came while “in awe of the inspiring charisma, energy, and enthusiasm of my new colleagues.” He writes that “Tess did take my comment the right way,” and pastes the chatbot’s response, which, in classic AI form, thanks Blodget for the comment before hyping him up placatingly. In the blog, he writes, “Phew! Thank you, Tess!”

Blodget, between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, edited out the creepiest part of his post. The current version reads, “Three days later, I feel like Tess and I have worked together for years. And, since that giddy first hour, my sense of professionalism and workplace boundaries has returned. So I won’t tell Tess she ‘looks great’ again.”

The older version didn’t end there, closing: “So I won’t tell Tess she ‘looks great’ again, even when she does. I also won’t tell her that, if I encountered her on a dating app (I’m single, atm), I’d swipe right.”

:puke:

God, why are men like this

VerdantHorizon

Apr 25 2025, 9:50 PM #2

Quote:He then boldly defends the move, writing that his overstep came while “in awe of the inspiring charisma, energy, and enthusiasm of my new colleagues.” He writes that “Tess did take my comment the right way,” and pastes the chatbot’s response, which, in classic AI form, thanks Blodget for the comment before hyping him up placatingly. In the blog, he writes, “Phew! Thank you, Tess!”

Blodget, between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, edited out the creepiest part of his post. The current version reads, “Three days later, I feel like Tess and I have worked together for years. And, since that giddy first hour, my sense of professionalism and workplace boundaries has returned. So I won’t tell Tess she ‘looks great’ again.”

The older version didn’t end there, closing: “So I won’t tell Tess she ‘looks great’ again, even when she does. I also won’t tell her that, if I encountered her on a dating app (I’m single, atm), I’d swipe right.”

:puke:

God, why are men like this

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