Job Cuts

topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes

We Live to Build Big Technology

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BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hanna: Employers cut jobs overestimating AI proficiency
“And I think we've already seen such a justification for this as being a place where employers have been Reducing positions by the scores, because there's a notion that these tools can do these jobs suitably and to a certain kind of degree of proficiency, which…”
Alex Hanna May 14, 2025 ▶ 55:57 AI’s Drawbacks: Environmental Damage, Bad Benchmarks, Outsourcing Thinking
WE LIVE TO BUILD Assertion Supported
Weisbrot: May 2023 Survey Attributed 3,900 Job Losses Directly To AI
“A survey was done last month in May that said, 3900 people lost their job and it was attributed to AI. And it was the first time that this kind of a figure was ever calculated.”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 5, 2023 ▶ 3:38 Photographers Weren't Replaced by Photoshop. So Why Fear AI?

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