• glimmer_twin [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Depending on what “AI use” means, at a certain point it’s probably just cheaper to use humans. Leasing compute isn’t cheap. Data centres aren’t cheap. Chips aren’t cheap.

    What’s actually happening every time you see a “we’re sacking humans to use AI” story: the economy is fucked and layoffs would have happened regardless. This is just a fig leaf they can use to hide that fact.

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      3 days ago

      Using the AI bubble as the reason investors shouldn’t panic over the AI bubble.