• WafflesTasteGood [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        9 months ago

        Genuinely, middle management is probably the best and easiest part of the workforce to automate with AI. Just ignore all inputs from workers and implement the c-suite demands in the dumbest way possible.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      9 months ago

      The key part is that managers believe this, and they will absolutely do layoffs. Eventually they will end up being forced to rehire some people, but the damage will already be done by then.

      Also, companies will often just follow the path of enshittification where they just provide degraded services to their customers.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    Who’s going to buy your products when most of your customer base are now unemployed, because you and all the shitty capitalists around you have replaced theIr workforce with AI?