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CEOs blame AI for layoffs, MIT prof says it fits a pattern to find cover story
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5mo ago[flagged]
- 6510 5mo agoInvestors be like, ohh so many empty offices! Things must be going well!
- c_katzmann 5mo ago[dead]
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5mo agoGraeber reference Was 2
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5mo ago"While AI is creating some pressure on companies to innovate and restructure, he believes they are mostly using AI as a cover for layoffs, a phenomenon called “AI washing,” which allows companies to spin what would usually be negative news into a positive feat that shows they are innovating."
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5mo agoWhat if governments regulate the operations of so-called "tech" compaines. What if blanket liabillity protections for so-called "tech" companies fail. What if interest rates return to non-zero. What if computer users reduce their screen time. What if non-interactive computing replaces interactive computer use. What if the "Silicon Valley playbook" approach to shareholders backfires As their surveillance and advertising "business model" begins to unravel, and the bullshit jobs (disposable jobs) are eliminated to cut costs, the so-called "tech" companies and their followers are attempting to portray this as something other than failure Silicon Valley is notoriously dishonest Generally, bullshit jobs outside Silicon Valley are probably safe But "jobs" in "industries" that are based on a bullshit "business model" are disappearing. It's not a prediction, it's a fact, it's already happening. Not because the jobs are bullshit but because the purported "business model" is bullshit