https://jobloss.ai/ #AIJobLossTracker #ZeroJobs #LostJobs #NonEvent #HackerNews #ngated
I truly don't understand why these companies can't get it through their thick skulls that most consumers do NOT want anything to do with AI in any way. Especially when it comes to customer support, customer service or anything else similar.
Their value dropped from something like $46 billion to just $4.5 billion because of this stupid move they decided to make.
After Firing 700 Humans For AI, Klarna Now Wants Them Back—'Tons Of Klarna Users Would Enjoy Working For Us,' Says CEO
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/firing-700-humans-ai-klarna-173029838.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2DWcKF2u0
This made me so sad to watch. 15 minutes to pack up their belongings, like they were criminals? The woman getting choked up about their projects being taken down made me misty eyed (And that's hard to do.)
WTF is he doing???
He should cut back on his /his cronies' salaries and useless positions in the interest of accountability.
You could have had Kamala.
The Failed Promise of Electric Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DJ1UKjk-o&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion
Federal funding for electric vehicle manufacturing was supposed to create thousands of good-paying, union jobs. But workers at Ultium Cells, which makes electric batteries for GM, reveal a different story. They make just $16.50/hour. One worker told us he's afraid he'll come home in a body bag.
Ultium received $2.5 billion from the government for their electric battery project.
One Ultium worker told us, "They need to stop giving taxpayer dollars to companies that essentially treat their workers like gum on the bottom of a boot.”
#neoliberalism #danger #workingconditions #povertywages #corporatewelfare #death #lostjobs #ceowindfalls #backroom #exposure #electricution #injuries #illness #airquality #safetyhazards #retaliation #suspended #shadydeals