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Lots of companies spun up giant AI teams over the last 48 months. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if 50+% of these roles are eliminated in the next 48 months. T

by JCM9 1y ago

Lots of companies spun up giant AI teams over the last 48 months. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if 50+% of these roles are eliminated in the next 48 months. The AI party is coming to an end. Those without clear ROI are ripe for the chopping block.

semiinfinitely 1y ago
wishful thinking
- wkat4242 1y ago
  Tbh yes. I like AI but I'm getting a bit sick of the hype. All our top dogs want AI in everything no matter whether it actually benefits the product. They even know it's senseless but they need to show the shareholders that they are all-in on AI. It's really time for this bubble to collapse so we can go back to working on things that actually make sense rather than ticking boxes.
  - rhetocj23 1y ago
    THe great irony and greed of shareholders is, if this all blows up, they will demand more cash return in the form of dividends and stock buy backs. If that doesnt happen the stock price will get crushed as Meta already experienced back in 2022.
  - OhioMan2943 1y ago
    In optimising for AI it feels like we stopped optimising for everything else
    - wkat4242 1y ago
      It's not even optimising. It's just dragging AI by the hairs into everywhere, where it's not even clear whether it belongs there or provides any benefit. Just to get the company a reputation of "first mover". Really, this is "blockchain" all over again, but 10x worse.
      - OhioMan2943 1y ago
        It's done a lot of damage to meritocracy and intellectualism that will take years to recover from. I don't look forward to having to play a role in fixing it.
- rester324 1y ago
  I call it reasonable thinking
  - semiinfinitely 1y ago
    this is what wishful thinkers tell themselves
    - rester324 1y ago
      yeah, in your dreams. in reality the bubble started bursting finally. this is the proof of it
kgwgk 1y ago
Well, the told us from the beginning that AI would make many developer jobs redundant, didn’t they?
- pnt12 1y ago
  the monkey paw curls

by JCM9 1y ago

semiinfinitely 1y ago

wishful thinking

wkat4242 1y ago
Tbh yes. I like AI but I'm getting a bit sick of the hype. All our top dogs want AI in everything no matter whether it actually benefits the product. They even know it's senseless but they need to show the shareholders that they are all-in on AI. It's really time for this bubble to collapse so we can go back to working on things that actually make sense rather than ticking boxes.
- rhetocj23 1y ago
  THe great irony and greed of shareholders is, if this all blows up, they will demand more cash return in the form of dividends and stock buy backs. If that doesnt happen the stock price will get crushed as Meta already experienced back in 2022.
- OhioMan2943 1y ago
  In optimising for AI it feels like we stopped optimising for everything else
  - wkat4242 1y ago
    It's not even optimising. It's just dragging AI by the hairs into everywhere, where it's not even clear whether it belongs there or provides any benefit. Just to get the company a reputation of "first mover". Really, this is "blockchain" all over again, but 10x worse.
    - OhioMan2943 1y ago
      It's done a lot of damage to meritocracy and intellectualism that will take years to recover from. I don't look forward to having to play a role in fixing it.
rester324 1y ago
I call it reasonable thinking
- semiinfinitely 1y ago
  this is what wishful thinkers tell themselves
  - rester324 1y ago
    yeah, in your dreams. in reality the bubble started bursting finally. this is the proof of it

kgwgk 1y ago

Well, the told us from the beginning that AI would make many developer jobs redundant, didn’t they?

pnt12 1y ago
the monkey paw curls