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Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres

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Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres - Lemmy

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Show threadqueermunist she/herMar 7
Have we finally stopped pretending the layoffs are being caused by AI replacing workers?
Show threadBarneyPiccoloMar 8
If you had a customer service phone center job that was replaced with an AI chatbot, you certainly did lose your job to AI.
Show threadqueermunist she/her
Not exactly. I’m sure there are specific cases where someone lost their job because AI does it better, but in most cases they lost their job because we’re in a recession and the company needed to use chatbots to cut costs.
Mar 8 at 12:50amWeb
Show threadIIIMar 8
…decided to use chatbots to cut costs. Also, AI doesn’t do it better.
Show threadqueermunist she/herMar 8
Well, it cuts costs in the short run. In the long run it’s more expensive because (for most jobs) it does a worse job and requires human intervention to fix the problems it creates, but that’s next fiscal quarter’s problem.