AI was the leading reason cited for U.S. job cuts for the third consecutive month, with 97,006 layoffs announced in May, according to new data.
  • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    8 hours ago

    Citizens are being told data centers create jobs while at the same time one of the primary reasons for AI is to replace human workers.

    The only jobs data centers are creating is construction jobs while they’re building the giant buildings and running the pipes and wiring to take all the local water and electricity.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
    30·
    10 hours ago

    It is such bullshit.

    Company’s are shedding staff because they are either in financial trouble or a greedy but don’t want to admit either. If they did the stock would tank!

    • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      Or perhaps in some cases, neither, and they’re just developing a narrative that the markets reward.

      My company is laying people off. But also replacing them not with AI, but with contractors. And now, some new designation of “per project contracts” or something.

      Anyhow, net effect? Less work useful work getting done, new cost of AI tools, AI tools not generating any value, and if you count total humans in the mix, it’s at least as many as before.

      Moving our product has never been more expensive and we’ve never done it this poorly before. But the market just sees “layoffs due to AI” and think it’s because we (and others) have cracked the code of how to substitute humans with AI to save labour costs. We haven’t. Not even CLOSE.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      It seems the Epstein Class knows the game is up and is grasping for every single dollar before the house of cards collapses, and if all they have to do is just reach out and take the salaries of 150,000 people that they don’t even consider people, it’s an easy decision.

    • Dryad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      Thank you. It can’t be both the reason for job cuts yet not show massive productivity gains. The reason is corporate greed in a squeezed economy.

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
        31·
        9 hours ago

        Gotta make the DOW over 50k remember, can only get profits from cutting your expenses, and Lord knows idiot CEOs won’t cut ai spending.

    • OrganicMustard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      13 hours ago

      It’s also the reason in the way that companies want to invest more money on AI and are cutting wherever possible.

      Companies hate their workers and being dependent on them. They will burn all their money just for the promise of getting rid of workers.

    • Casterial@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      16 hours ago

      Definitely excuse. So many of these companies dramatically over hired during COVID, then after COVID saw a normalization of profits, and a loss because they over hired.

      Take block for an example, double or tripled their employees since COVID, but around 2022-2023 their profits fell off hard - they said “AI” is why they’re doing cuts. No, they’re doing cuts because they’re going under

    • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      16 hours ago

      It’s Fox Business. The literal mouth piece of the elite and billionaire/Epstein class.

      If there’s anything wrong with the economy it’s because of Democrats, Progressives, Socialists, Immigrants, Avocado Toast. In that order.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    16·
    16 hours ago

    AI remains top reason excuse for US job cuts for third straight month as employers axed 97,000 workers in May

  • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    You don’t say! It might cause more job cuts though when the costs rise so much that there is no money left to pay actual people.

  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    4·
    16 hours ago

    Talk your way out of that, Bezos, Thiel, Altman, Musk, Pichai, Nadella, and the Zuck of course.
    I dare you.