One thing we know about the mass tech layoffs attributed to "AI" is that they follow a trend of mass tech layoffs that firms were formerly forced to admit were the result of their businesses contracting sharply after the lockdowns ended, when users didn't need nearly so many cloud services. By blaming the continuing layoffs on "AI," companies whose business continues to contract can tell investors that they are on the bleeding edge, not the contracting tail.
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Agreed - it's more of an easy cop out for terrible management than AI taking peoples jobs. The main jobs AI would actually be good at on it's own are middle management and sitting on the board.
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Yes, that’s true and upper management is beginning to figure that out. The fresh out of college prospects for MBAs might not be very good.
On the bright side may be smart. People would study in different topic although I think in these days, their personal motivations are still about wealth and power
Cory Doctorow
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