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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI (ppaolo.substack.com)

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[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

And it's intentional. Lay off the workers. Implement AI Slop. Slop does sloppy work. Hire back workers as Temps or Contractors. No benefits. Lower pay.

Like all of Capitalism. It's a fucking scam. A conjob. A new innovation in fucking over workers. (Ironically the only "innovation" ever directly produced by Capitalism)

[–] staircase@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I don't think you do capitalism justice. It also fucks over social structures, the environment, democracy.

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