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Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers, Blames "AI Wave" (futurism.com)

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah hardworking people, so IT is pretty safe

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