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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But no mention in that article about the various instances ( here, here, here, here, etc ) of companies quietly having to hire back staff they've laid off because AI (or the people that were left at the companies who are using AI + AI consultants) is often doing such a bad job at replacing them.

Although this quote from this post's article is telling:

The other way employers are broaching the issue is by gradually rebuilding their teams with AI-fluent workers.

Some of these companies that are hiring staff in the face of AI integration problems are likely using it as a smokescreen for getting rid of established employees so they can replace them with younger, cheaper alternatives.

Either was, it's a mess out there right now.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I was the only one cut from my team of about 10 for AI. I had been there the longest (10 years). It's all very transparent, but there's nothing we can do against it.

[–] mabeledo@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This MBA mf has been the CEO during the worst security disasters in Palo Alto history, and now he thinks AI is the future of the company?

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s ripe to pull anything out ones ass just to make a quick buck. Like you can’t be spewing nonsensical bs just to get hyped. And then flip flop

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The reason these MBAs are billionaires and IT people scurry around putting out fires is the realization that constant disasters just encourage customers to spend more money.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I already got cut. Lost my 10-year IT job to AI last year. Now I'm working in a factory, packaging waffles 8 hr/day. The irony of me doing drudgery that could be fairly easily done by a machine, while a machine is doing something that requires agency, decisions and creativity, is not lost on me.

I want to get off mr. Bones Wild Ride. Forever.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If it makes you feel better that AI is almost certainly doing a horrible job that will burden your former employer with unfixable tech debt in just a few years.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would be funny if Arora and other oligarchs eventually find out that they may be building out their own Darwinian moment. Arora and others like him would really benefit from reading a little bit of history.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

It's always funny when these capitalist scumbags refer to darwinism. Without all the layers they've put into place to protect themselves, their behavior would've resulted in their skull being caved in by any one of the many people who are sick of their shit. Anyway, looking forward to when these super duper evolved CEOs get bailed out by the government again when their latest bubble blows up.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

A CEO says shit to justify his bonus. It's a story as old as time. Nothing to see here.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Survival of the fittest is about species, not individuals. He's saying AI is a threat to the human race.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it's about individuals too. A better individual crab will be better off and so on.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Not in a "Darwinian moment", like the CEO says. Then healthy social structures can be decisive.

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using his logic, workers would be wise to curtail all their spending because they wont have jobs. Stop buying houses, cars, clothing, going out for food or entertainment and anything else discretionary. There will be no people to buy your stuff because theyre broke. This dystopia the tech bros ate pushing is disgraceful.

[–] visnae@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

CEO says: we need to make sure everyone works 100h weeks, because we only hire people who work 100h weeks.

Lol

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have an idea: lets leave the big corps, and make a corperation whos leader gets elected by the workers there. All over the globe this must happen, and only buying from those worker owned companys.

~~Totally not playing on curtain political ideas~~

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I don't want the government to run like a business, I want businesses to run like governments. But, like, good governments.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My grandfather used to work 100h weeks, in a reeducation camp, as punishment.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

workers are about to face a ‘Darwinian moment’ thanks to AI: Evolve or get cut

So, start doing your job poorly to hide among the AI-fluent workers?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

Nah i'll be horseshoe crab.

[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Capitalism is about to face a darwinian moment

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I bet this guy never held a hammer even once in his life

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Or a sickle.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 month ago

Toss him one. Over hand.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

If his company doesn't help the average person, fuck his company. Tear it down. It's pointless.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 month ago

We use AI at work, I do my part by making it do dumb shit all day sucking up tokens.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

LOL this is a company that is headed for eventual disaster.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Oh the cycle begins again I see.

Ford literally did this a week ago.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Something something beat him with stone or wooden clubs or spears or whatever weapons the neanderthalic cavepeople used.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

My Company:

AI is going to wreck our systems. We need to move even faster. Patch everything daily!

Also My Company:

No, we can't trust automation or AI to fix these things! Also, you need to clear every patch with our internal security team of 20 people and don't expect them to review your changes for at least a week.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'd rather die, seems the most likely anyway.