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Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers, Blames "AI Wave" (futurism.com)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, this layoff culture has been happening for a while now, the AI tie-in is just a convenient excuse.

[–] Anticorp 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The first part of your statement is true, especially at Microsoft, but the latter part is not. AI is certainly poised to take a lot of jobs, from a lot of hardworking people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah hardworking people, so IT is pretty safe