Insightful article is about the things no one wants to talk about when it comes to #ai and #jobs. While ai brings much opportunity, it will require an ongoing adjustment.
"Overdone pandemic hiring was a reasonable explanation for the tech layoffs in late 2022. But 18 months later, there’s been sufficient time to reduce headcount. There’s no incentive for a company to slow-roll this process — a drip feed of layoffs drains company morale. There is something else going on."
"It’s the denials that first raised my antennae: “We’re not restructuring because AI is taking away roles,” Alphabet’s Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler told analysts on the company’s most recent earnings call. That’s the “I gave up gluten” of tech."
And much like Ozempic, serious irreversible negative impacts may not be visible now...but will be felt for many years to come.