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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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“If I work in/with AI my job will be safe” isn’t true after all.

It was never true, unless you're a top 100 in the world AI researcher. 99% of AI investment is in infrastructure (GPUs, data centers, etc). The goal is to eliminate labor, whether AI-skilled or not.

Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #3

Because the AI works so well, or because it doesn't? > ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes in a memo seen by Axios. That's kinda wild. I'm kinda shocked they put it in writing.

"More load bearing" meaning you'll have to work 20h days is my best guess

Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #7

Guaranteed this is them cleaning out the old guard, its either axe them, or watch a brutal political game between legacy employees and new LLM AI talent

That was my reading too. Legacy team maybe not adding enough value and acting as a potential distraction or drag on the new team.

Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #31

> while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab. It's coming any day now! > "... each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes It's only a matter of time before the superintelligence decides to lay off the managers too. Soon Mr. Wang will be gone and we'll see press releases like: > ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer convers…

I think the step before it came to that would be, Mr. Wang getting the DevOps team to casually trip over the server rack(s) electrical....

I will accept the Chief Emergency Shutoff Activator Officer role; my required base comp is $25M. But believe me, nobody can trip over cables or run multiple microwaves simultaneously like I can.

Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just assume they over hired. Too much hype for AI. Everyone wants to build the framework people use for AI nobody wants to build the actual tools that make AI useful.

Integrating LLMs with the actual business is not a fun time. There are many cases where it simply doesn't make sense. It's hard to blame the average developer for not enduring the hard things when nobody involved seems truly concerned with the value proposition of any of this. This issue can be extended to many areas in technology. There is a shocking lack of effective leadership when it comes to application of techn…

Hmmm new business plan - RAAS - Rugs As A Service - provides credible cover for your departments existance.

Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #31

> while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab. It's coming any day now! > "... each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes It's only a matter of time before the superintelligence decides to lay off the managers too. Soon Mr. Wang will be gone and we'll see press releases like: > ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer convers…

It’s only a matter of time before corporations are run by AI. Add that to “corporate personhood” and what do we get?

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Re: Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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post #31

> while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab. It's coming any day now! > "... each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes It's only a matter of time before the superintelligence decides to lay off the managers too. Soon Mr. Wang will be gone and we'll see press releases like: > ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer convers…

This is phase 1 of the so-called "AGI".

Probably automated themselves out of their roles as "AGI" and now super intelligence "ASI" has been "achieved internally".

The billion dollar question is.. where is it?

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