I hate to say "did you read your link" but i have no option since you are spamming that link everywhere.
Earlier this year, US software company Salesforce fired 700 workers – equivalent to approximately 1% of its global workforce. This is in addition to similar cuts that saw the company reduce its personnel by 10% last year. Similarly to Google, Salesforce hasn’t announced that these job losses are directly linked to AI.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai hasn’t explicitly announced these jobs will be replaced with AI technology outright
In 2020, MSN sacked dozens of journalists responsible for writing news stories displayed on the company’s homepage and has since been using AI software to create the content.
Turnitin laid off 15 people.
some article about MSN from 2020 or a no name company Turnitin laying of 15 ppl convinced you about AI taking jobs ? Yea you are def living in a different planet (maybe a planet in metaverse running on cryptocurrency).
These ppl are using AI as a cover for their businesses that need to lay ppl off.
Layoffs = BAD
Layoffs due to AI = Good
per markets and investors so thats what these CEOs are pretending.
You aren't wrong that some companies are using AI spin to put a positive on layoffs. I'm sure some companies are doing that.
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Is the technology moving so fast that we don't have 'reputable scientific studies analyzing years of historic data that would satisfy every internet know it all'? Probably. Does that mean nothing is happening? Probably not.
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Will people compare this latest technology change to the buggy whip argument, thus saying 'ah-ha, got you, AI will actually increase jobs'. Yes, because technology is always wonderful and easy for society to seamlessly adapt to.
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Is HN filled with programmers saying AI wont replace programmers, thus there is no problem, while ignoring the much larger workforce of low-mid level drones doing rote tasks. Definitely.
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Speaking in absolutes. Everyone is arguing about replacing jobs, "AI can't replace my job". But it is really just fractional. Lets say you have 5 marketing drones writing boring marketing material. AI allows them to do more, you still need humans to use the tools, and to edit, but now you only need 3. AI can't do the 'entire job' but it did enough to eliminate two positions. This is what is already happening. Do you think this stopped with the ESPN case? Companies didn't stop because they got caught, they just got better at it.
> More than one-third (37%) of business leaders say AI replaced workers in 2023
I just read one CNBC. This can mean whatever because "AI" can mean whatever they want and "business leaders" will get fired for saying we don't have "AI Strategy" . Markets are hostile to any "business leader" who isn't BS-ing that they are replacing jobs with AI.
I can't argue against that. There is definitely a lot of noise right now. A lot of spin. A lot of people arguing all sides.
Hence also, no good sources of information. At least nothing trusted.
But I think anybody that has used latest AI tools can see the writing on the wall about job consolidation. How many 'new' jobs will also be created. Who knows. It's kind of word of mouth now.
This is definitely going to be as disruptive as blue color jobs going overseas.
