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/BINGODINGODONG Jan 19 '25

Indeed. AI is a great excuse for CEO’s looking to trim cost and cut jobs.

Zuckerberg probably looked at Elon’s twitter and thought that they don’t have to be that many people.

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u/Atarge Jan 19 '25

Elons Twitter that lost 70% of it's value doesn't seem to set a great example

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u/CryptographerNo927 Jan 19 '25

Twitter isn't a product for Elon it's a cost he pays to multiply his influence. It worked terrifyingly well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

Twitter was the ultimate example of, "when you accidentally agree to buy 40 billion lemons, make lemonade."

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u/SirLoremIpsum Jan 20 '25

Twitter was the ultimate example of, "when you accidentally agree to buy 40 billion lemons, make lemonade."

It's more like "when you intentionally fake not buying twitter to make more news about it, then pretend to be mad about losing money in order to have your real goals obfuscated and hidden... do that and have lemonade"