This is an interesting choice; a big part of AI-mania has been corporations tripping over themselves to prove how “all-in” they are on AI. In firing a bunch of AI staff, Meta risks looking like they’re not committed enough to it. Are things starting to change? Is this all-in posture no longer important? (We can only hope.)
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Just replace them with AI duh
They need the money for the data centers first – then the AI employees.
Energy is the real bottle neck. Data centers are a cup and ball game for Nvidia/OpenAI…
So it begins.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
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Careful Zucks, or they may question your commitment to Sparklemotion.
My god, US, have some self-respect and get some employment protection laws.
Is this for their ML team?
The only specific information I know is that this doesn’t effect their “super intelligence” team, and that they are inviting the laid off people to apply elsewhere at the company.
Ah yeah, instead of working to shift people elsewhere, lay them off and have them do the work and compete with each other as applicants again. Gotta love modern corporate America.
