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Snap lays off 16% of workers, citing 'rapid advancements' in AI

• matthieu_bl 6mo ago
  SEC filling https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312526155861/d36756d8k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312526...
• aurareturn 6mo ago
  All of these things can be true at the same time: * AI makes it that you don't need as many devs as in the past * Snap is a terrible business * Snap overhired during Covid * High interest rates are forcing companies to downsize
• bloody_bit 6mo ago
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• rvz 6mo ago
  This is AGI.
  • disqard 6mo ago
    You might enjoy this piece by Charlie Stross: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-yo... (Spoiler: Corporations are AI)
• jazz9k 6mo ago
  You really have to ask yourself if tech companies are doing things to help humanity, when it seems the only goal for AI is massive job loss, with no alternative for the people that lost their jobs.
• jqpabc123 6mo ago
  We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. I guess "human progress" doesn't include empowering people with a job?
• xvxvx 6mo ago
  I haven’t heard anyone mention Snapchat in a long time.