Well if this isn’t a sign of the times…

Someone I know who worked at a large tech company for 15 years was just laid off — by AI.

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Curious on what occupation did he have?

A project management role where he had hired and trained dozens of people. Doesn’t matter, the robots said he wasn’t productive enough.

Bring him here so we will zap his ass if he needs some motivation

How so?

They’re getting very efficient at finding “inefficiency.”

😮😱

Damn

Same thing happened to me about 15 years ago, the job I did for Credit Suisse is now done by an algorithm

By the time you’ve heard about it, it’s already everywhere. There are consulting firms that provide this as a turnkey service.