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Fourth AI Strategy Meeting for a Floor Tile Company

This is a relatable workplace meme showing a selfie of a woman with a deadpan, unimpressed expression, overlayed with text that reads 'Sitting in the 4th "AI-Strategy" meeting this week for a company that literally sells floor tiles.' The joke pokes fun at the current trend of every company, even businesses completely unrelated to tech or AI, jumping on the AI hype bandwagon and holding endless unnecessary AI strategy meetings despite having no actual connection to AI development.
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Sitting in the 4th "AI-Strategy" meeting this week for a company that literally sells floor tiles.

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This is a relatable workplace meme showing a selfie of a woman with a deadpan, unimpressed expression, overlayed with text that reads 'Sitting in the 4th "AI-Strategy" meeting this week for a company that literally sells floor tiles.' The joke pokes fun at the current trend of every company, even businesses completely unrelated to tech or AI, jumping on the AI hype bandwagon and holding endless unnecessary AI strategy meetings despite having no actual connection to AI development.

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This meme originated from 9Gag, with the original post title 'Stop. please, just stop.' It is a user-created relatable workplace meme that went viral during the 2023-2024 generative AI hype period, mocking corporate obsession with AI even for completely irrelevant industries.

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