nixCraft 🐧Feb 2
people might joke but this is where the IT industry is headed and nobody is safe. it doesn't matter if you are good or bad, you are just another commodity. just look at how many engineering jobs were cut in the past 18 months. Oracle is now reporting it will cut 30k jobs. there is no regulation in place and by the time our politicians wake up there will be nothing left. once it was a thriving industry and now it is on the brink of collapse. the change is real whether you like it or not
Show threadClaudius
@nixCraft It should be noted that AI is not the reason, but the excuse.
Feb 2 at 2:22pmWeb
Show threadDaveyFeb 2

@claudius @nixCraft

Yeah just because someone likes using LLM code generators doesn't mean they like economically-driven layoffs. Odd framing.

Stealth recessions are going to affect the bottom line even if the stock market looks good.

Show threadClaudiusFeb 2

@davey_cakes @nixCraft not at all what I meant. Two things can be true at the same time:

LLMs can be a massive resource drain, legally highly questionable, democracy corrupting and putting even more power in the hands of even fewer entities.

While also "AI" can be blamed for something that would have happened either way because of bad management or general recession.

LLMs can get fucked if you ask me. For 95% of all use cases it's currently used for. This bubble can't pop quickly enough.

Show threadDaveyFeb 2

@claudius @nixCraft

Oh I agree with you, I just don't think people who are interested in LLMs have anything to celebrate, as the original "whether you like it or not" at the top of the thread seemed to imply. That's the "odd framing" I meant.

Show threadClaudiusFeb 2
@davey_cakes @nixCraft got it! thanks for clarifying :-)