Every day there’s more big job cuts at tech and games companies. I’ve not seen anything explaining why they all seam to be at once like this. Is it coincidence or is there something driving all the job cuts?

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    135 months ago

    ChatGPT has been quoted as a cause in at least one of the layoffs. The tech industry is specially positioned to be quickly affected by AI, but AI is going to impact 80% of the jobs on the planet within the next 8 years. Our world is about to experience a massive change to the way things are run. We can try to prepare, but it’s going to change in ways previously unimaginable.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        -15 months ago

        You’re doing yourself a big disservice if you limit your understanding of AI to what you read from the opinions of Lemmings. It is incredibly powerful, and every major corporation has large investments in AI integration.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            -15 months ago

            Yeah, it’s pretty scary. I don’t know what the future holds, but I think a lot of jobs are going to go the way of the vacuum tube salesman.

            • Montagge
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              15 months ago

              There’s no way capitalism and those that buy into it can responsibly use AI

                • Montagge
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                  05 months ago

                  Maybe people should learn to fight for a better tomorrow instead of just trying to get through today

                  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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                    15 months ago

                    I don’t disagree with you. But that doesn’t change the reality we need to live with today, and it’s veering off topic. AI has already achieved a lot of cool stuff, like assisting in the creation of vaccines in record speed, helping us to identify diseases, finding planets in habitable zones around distant stars, and a bunch of other cool shit. Just because it can be abused, doesn’t mean it can’t also accomplish great things. If you’re worried about corporations abusing AI, then call your senators, or launch a petition for a new bill. But just sticking your head in the sand doesn’t accomplish anything, and doesn’t change what is to come.

        • Kobol
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          15 months ago

          And how many major corporations that invested in NFTs are still doing so?

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            15 months ago

            Look man, I don’t work for OpenAI, or Microsoft, or Google, or any other company that is developing their own AI. I’m not evangelizing. If you don’t want to use it, then don’t. But it’s going to affect everyone, regardless of what they think about it. If you want a leg up in the changing world, then start learning about it. Or don’t. I’m not your dad.

      • WastedJobe
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        -35 months ago

        It doesn’t need to be right to make money, often more money than companies get by paying people to do a job properly.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      5 months ago

      I mean, I can imagine it. It’s the industrial revolution all over again but Cyberpunk style.