☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> “The only issue I am facing as a professional <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is *no problem to be solved here*”.</p><p>I don’t think the Art director is looking at this from a business angle. The problem being solved is to reduce the high cost <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> workforce and still make a profit. </p><p>This has been happening since 2022 when <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> decided SE/SWE cost to much for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a>) and all the SW companies followed. </p><p>Why? </p><p>Later that year <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> released <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a>. </p><p>Here is that article: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programmers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>></p>