Tech companies axe 34,000 jobs since start of year in pivot to AI

https://www.ft.com/content/9bace2e9-3ecb-4651-a6c0-b16f0226c0e0

by belter • 2 years ago

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belter• 2 years ago

lebean• 2 years ago

I feel bad for the illustrators of three-armed, seventeen-fingered mutants, document summarizers, and fact-hallucinating management consultants who've been replaced by AI this year.

NoPicklez• 2 years ago

We're doing well! Hopefully less time spent writing reports or building illustrations

euroderf• 2 years ago

There's a strong market for fact hallucinations. Half of US voters!

ukuina• 2 years ago

If the layoffs are about "reskilling" as the article claims, does it reflect low confidence in the ability to retrain the existing workforce for the AI future?

eviks• 2 years ago

Could be high confidence, but more expensive

Salgat• 2 years ago

AI is just the excuse, we all know the tech isn't mature enough to replace all but the most incompetent.

mvdtnz• 2 years ago

There is no serious work being done by AI.

anemoiac• 2 years ago

This is pure conjecture (and probably the 2,897th such "article" this year carrying this empty premise).

The chart provided by the article even shows that this year's lay-offs have been significantly lower than last year's, when the AI train was running with less steam...

Tech companies axe 34,000 jobs since start of year in pivot to AI

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