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		gibbitz 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are we pretending AI is going to take all the ... AI isn't taking jobs. It's making excuses for layoffs of employees that companies got on loans that carry interest now. Sure AI can help do things, but it's not actually AI, it's sophisticated auto complete. If you had an employee that you could actually replace with AI you should probably not have hired them...

btreecat 6 months ago [–]

> It's making excuses for layoffs of employees that companies got on loans that carry interest now.

> If you had an employee that you could actually replace with AI you should probably not have hired them...

Seems like the first statement is the response to the second.

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