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AI Job Loss Tracker
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#22The “explicit” tag on some of these should really be “self reported”. It seems like most companies these days mismanage themselves into layoffs and spin it as AI gains to appease shareholders instead.
Mismanage or can't pay healthcare premiums anymore (US)?
What an absurd question. You think employers, who are laying people off and claiming AI for shareholder value, are more pressed about their large group plans than the fucking salaries that absolutely dwarf those premiums?
Some of y’all desperately need to stop huffing social media farts.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
> One would otherwise expect the layoffs to reflect the multiple and much hyped "step change" improvements over the past few years. Instead the chart shows a sudden plateau starting a month ago. Can you clarify the theory here? So if there is a “step change” you expect companies to do layoffs all at once? How does this account for I.e. diffusion lag or companies deciding if it’s better to chase growth vs. capital eff…
Yes I would expect a lag, but we've been hearing hype with every model update about huge AI productivity improvements for years now. Despite this, the layoffs are steady over that time with no such spikes. If the goal was ever to cut costs, payroll is never spared since it's too big to ignore. Chasing growth is unlikely when lending and investment is tight. Why invest in other tech companies when you can invest in AI…
I think your narratives are a bit mixed up. We went from science experiment ChatGpt 2022 to zero day finder that is too dangerous to release 4 years later. So whoever has been talking about progressive model updates has surely been correct?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mismanage or can't pay healthcare premiums anymore (US)?
What an absurd question. You think employers , who are laying people off and claiming AI for shareholder value, are more pressed about their large group plans than the fucking salaries that absolutely dwarf those premiums? Some of y’all desperately need to stop huffing social media farts.
I can read the news and see things are going up sideways across the globe. You guys are extremely good at flooding the zone with shit. I am asking a question. It is easy to say we layoff people due to AI when the real reason is different. Not every company has shareholders.
You are also thinking about companies having thousands of employees and everybody seem to make millions.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes I would expect a lag, but we've been hearing hype with every model update about huge AI productivity improvements for years now. Despite this, the layoffs are steady over that time with no such spikes. If the goal was ever to cut costs, payroll is never spared since it's too big to ignore. Chasing growth is unlikely when lending and investment is tight. Why invest in other tech companies when you can invest in AI…
I think your narratives are a bit mixed up. We went from science experiment ChatGpt 2022 to zero day finder that is too dangerous to release 4 years later. So whoever has been talking about progressive model updates has surely been correct?
Plenty of zero days have also been found with brute force and random fuzzing.
I'm not downplaying the LLMs we have now, but none of this got started in 2022 apart from the hype train.