Cory DoctorowOct 29

Amazon made $35b profit last year. They're celebrating by laying off 14,000 workers (a number they say will rise to 30k). This is the kind of thing that Wall Street *loves*, and this layoff comes after a string of pronouncements from Amazon CEO about how AI is going to let them fire *tons* of workers.

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Show threadT2ROct 29
@pluralistic Wait until they have to eat crow and have to rehire a bunch of people because "a.i." can't do the job they were promised it could do.
Show threadMarquis de GeekOct 29
@T2R @pluralistic As someone that has all the qualifications for said roles, but been unable to find work "because AI", I look forward to that day with relish and a side order of schadenfreude :)
Show threadEgalitarianOct 29
@marquisdegeek @T2R @pluralistic I wish I was cynical enough to fleece the worlds most gullible idiots who buy into every speculation bubble cooked up by libertarian techbros.
Show threadAmoshias
@Egality @marquisdegeek @T2R @pluralistic can you name a libertarian techbro? I've never heard of such a thing.
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