Christine Lemmer-Webber

Cloudflare's CEO: "How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With AI" https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-i-choose-which-cloudflare-employees-to-replace-with-ai-40a197e5?st=JGJffd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Straight up bragging about it

> AI isn’t the harbinger of bleak youth unemployment—it is quite the opposite.

orly

> We received almost a million applicants for 1,111 paid internships this summer.

Oh approximately one thousand applications per *internship*

Yeah I'm sure the youth unemployment situation is doing great then?

What a bunch of bullshit

Cloudflare is the worst fucking company, every week they do something that makes me despise them more

May 21 at 1:27amWeb
Show threadφ-52 "Skylark"3d ago
@cwebber "haha yes we own the entire internet isn't that cool :)"
Show threadKat the Leopardess3d ago
@cwebber Not that I needed any further backing for this talking point but.... the disconnect is strong in techbros.
Show threadHey Gus3d ago

@cwebber
> to understand the change happening i read a book from the 50s

i mean i tried to read it but this is fully fucking insane.

Show threadKye Fox3d ago
@cwebber But lava lamps!
Show threadBurger B Burger :bkfls:3d ago

@cwebber

AI isn’t the harbinger of bleak youth unemployment—it is quite the opposite.if this came from the Onion it would be hilarious. Unfortunately this is a disgusting ghoul.

Show threadtreefifty3d ago
@cwebber educate me! I’m an old school Cloudflare fan but like all tech companies, I’m not surprised if they became corrupted or otherwise unethical. Just not up to date.
Show threadDr. Bruce Simpson3d ago
@treefifty @cwebber I kinda guessed this would have been Matthew Prince. Well, for what it's worth, some interesting technological approaches are parked in CF for the moment. Can't say I like the way this is going though...
Show threadMx Rey 💜 🏳️‍⚧️2d ago
@treefifty @cwebber they've been off in the shitter for years. kiwifarms hid behind them for a loooooong time, as an example
Show threadJargoggles3d ago

@cwebber
So, he's firing all the "measurers" and then goes on to say...

"...as CEO, I’ve never had better tools to measure..."

Executive, fire thyself.

Show threadTanguy ⧓ Herrmann2d ago
@jargoggles @cwebber now he has all his best AI measurers that will tell him that all the indicators are green, everything is super great.
Show threadTanguy ⧓ Herrmann2d ago
@jargoggles @cwebber the AI Measurers
Show thread90s Script Kiddie3d ago
@cwebber I will never forgive them for defending f***ing ****farms.
Show thread❤️ It's Gonna Be Maystodon 💚3d ago
@cwebber What IP addresses or domains do Cloudflare own so I can add them to my uBlock list?
Show threadМя ��3d ago

@mast0d0nphan they publish the list of subnets, but blocking them would break...imo too much
Russian government is blocking them, and it's one of the most disastrous blocks they ever did

https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/

@cwebber

IP Ranges

This page is intended to be the definitive source of Cloudflare’s current IP ranges.

Show threadillegal instruction3d ago
@cwebber People were pointing out how they hired the same number of interns as people they just fired, saying they're replacing seniors with interns. Now the CEO is explicitly confirming that as a brag in the Wall Street Journal.
Show threadRiver3d ago
@cwebber as a college student currently trying very hard to find internships and failing, this is very distressing to read. Hadn't realized the applicant density was quite that high...
Show threadSoozcat2d ago
@cwebber I'm thinking about applying to Harvard, because right now my chances of getting into an elite Ivy League school are better than the chances of my resume getting past AI gatekeepers and into human hands
Show threadWTL2d ago
@cwebber It's had to make my opinion of that company any lower, and yet, they've managed to.
Show threadzygmyd2d ago

@cwebber

Wait, did he really just trim down internal audit and replace a bunch of that function with AI? Well now that's certainly going to have no foreseen repercussions in spending controls at all.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-i-choose-which-cloudflare-employees-to-replace-with-ai-40a197e5

Show threadFluffy Kitty Cat2d ago
@cwebber young people are going to have to make a living outside of the corporate world out of pure necessity
Show threadscrewlisp2d ago
@cwebber
> Two weeks ago I laid off more than 20% of my workforce. I didn’t do it because Cloudflare is struggling. We posted record revenue growth, have strong free cash flow and are adding an unprecedented number of customers around the world. I did it because
Show threadDuchamp Pérez2d ago
@screwlisp @cwebber translation: the company is struggling, we are expecting an economic crisis and we are firing people premptively
Show threadTanguy ⧓ Herrmann2d ago

@cwebber and you want a medal you fucking piece of inhuman trash?

Maybe a FIFA prize for the smartest and kindest CEO on the planet, who succeeded to innovate in the HR department?

Imagine that? The only company to do that? What a precursor!

Show threadSeth "Twylo" Morabito5h ago
@cwebber Dear god. I interviewed with them in 2022 and it was such a terrible process that I noped out after three rounds (of six!! Six rounds AND a practical test! Come on…) and I’ve never been more glad.