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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world • 1 month ago

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

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Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world • 1 month ago
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AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says one engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.

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    He lost his job to the capitalist owners cost-cutting measures. AI was only the excuse they used.

    If you must, hate people, not the inanimate tools they hide behind. Don’t play into their game.

    • @ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      Also AI is not that useful even in coding, some software departments lie about its use to management to stop harassing them for “not using them enough”.

      Even worse is that the web is now flooded with barely useful AI generated slop, including documentations and tutorials.

    • @Retrograde@lemmy.world
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      I read this in the voice of George Carlin

      • @CannedYeet@lemmy.world
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        George Carlin having a stroke

        • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          A stroke of genius

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      DEY TOOK OUR JERBS!

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