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Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI (www.cbsnews.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI::Technology companies are axing jobs as they pile deeper into artificial intelligence, with one expert calling it a "sobering signal."

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

Yes and it’s exactly the sort of thing that has happened before and will happen again. In fact it is so likely that you could probably create an CEO AI that starts firing or hiring depending on market conditions and give the bonuses to the workers instead.