That’s a very interesting idea, that the layoffs and hiring freezes -and the resulting reality that morale is at an all-time low among every one of the dozens o

That’s a very interesting idea, that the layoffs and hiring freezes -and the resulting reality that morale is at an all-time low among every one of the dozens of engineers I interact with on a frequent basis- is a consequence of leadership banking on that they can run their humans into the ground and then replace them with automation. There used to be the tiniest bit of restraint when the only available replacements were also sentient meatbags which would need to be trained. It makes sense that this rampant, gleeful, wholesale exploitation has been enabled by the idea that AI can replace folks faster than attrition brings things to a halt. Sick, but feels truthy