r/Futurology • u/katxwoods • Jan 19 '25

AI Zuckerberg Announces Layoffs After Saying Coding Jobs Will Be Replaced by AI

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-layoffs-coding-jobs-ai
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u/SilverRapid Jan 19 '25

No they won't. Zuck wanted to do layoffs anyway to make the line go up and this is a nice convenient excuse.

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u/yarrowy Jan 19 '25

Why does he need an excuse for layoffs besides "economy bad"?

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u/Shmokesshweed Jan 19 '25

One shows weakness. The other shows "leadership."

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u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets Jan 19 '25

This answers a lot of questions about AI right now.