Michael Ten @lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoGenerative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEOwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down118
arrow-up1221arrow-down1external-linkGenerative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEOwww.techspot.comMichael Ten @lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 months agoIf by “Decimate” you mean “Reduce by a tenth” then it’s already happened.
minus-squareMrkawfee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoOnce I learned the meaning of decimate It really grates seeing it used as a synonym for “wipes out”
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOh, I thought it meant “divided by ten”?
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoIt refers to a punishment for bad performance in ancient Roman armies: 1 in ten soldiers was killed.
If by “Decimate” you mean “Reduce by a tenth” then it’s already happened.
Once I learned the meaning of decimate It really grates seeing it used as a synonym for “wipes out”
Oh, I thought it meant “divided by ten”?
It refers to a punishment for bad performance in ancient Roman armies: 1 in ten soldiers was killed.
nah