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AI Layoffs starting to gain traction and it won’t slow down
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:50 pm
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Posted on 10/23/25 at 7:53 pm to sidewalkside
I don’t see how this is gonna gain so much traction and not be an immediate problem?
A ton of unemployed people is gonna affect everything in the economy
A ton of unemployed people is gonna affect everything in the economy
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:04 pm to Fat and Happy
“What do you mean sales are down……..”
“No one has money to buy our products”
“No one has money to buy our products”
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:04 pm to sidewalkside
I don’t see any indication that the Applied Materials layoff is a result of AI. They manufacture computer chips and they say it is due to expansion of the “restricted export” list.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:08 pm to sidewalkside
Why are these because of AI?
This is just recovery from companies that over hired during Covid
This is just recovery from companies that over hired during Covid
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:12 pm to sidewalkside
Most of these have zero to do with AI
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:13 pm to Spankum
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I don’t see any indication that the Applied Materials layoff is a result of AI. They manufacture computer chips and they say it is due to expansion of the “restricted export” list.
And target is not laying people of because of AI, it's laying people off because it's been in trouble for a while And meta is laying off *AI* people.
These are signs of a recession, not AI.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:14 pm to Volvagia
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“What do you mean sales are down……..”
“No one has money to buy our products”
I think this happens, but before it does, a few people are going to get very rich. They will continue to hold that wealth through the hard times they helped create.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:16 pm to sidewalkside
Your Target article mentions technology as some vague reason but not AI specifically.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:17 pm to Turnblad85
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I think this happens, but before it does, a few people are going to get very rich.
Yep. The first companies to adopt and layoff will make bank. As it trickles down to all businesses is when it becomes a huge issue with high unemployment and few customers.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:17 pm to sidewalkside
Pretty much all of those companies lay hundreds to thousands of people off on a regular basis. You AI guys are weird
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:18 pm to Fat and Happy
This isnt futuristic AI making traditional jobs obsolete like predicted. This is shitty AI making itself obsolete
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:19 pm to sidewalkside
Since when is every company downsizing as a result of "AI"?
20 years ago companies never made job cuts?
The economy is not doing great and long term (not "transitory") inflation is having impacts.
20 years ago companies never made job cuts?
The economy is not doing great and long term (not "transitory") inflation is having impacts.
This post was edited on 10/23/25 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:22 pm to Spankum
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They manufacture computer chips
Small correction...Applied makes the equipment that manufactures computer chips.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:39 pm to Volvagia
quote:The problem is that for social media, many tech companies and AI companies, is that we don't have to buy anything. We are the product, and we feed ourselves to them daily. They don't care about our situation, because they know we'll come back to their free product every day, all day, and feed the beast.
“What do you mean sales are down……..”
“No one has money to buy our products”
The best thing I ever did was get off social media. I never was on Facebook, but with a left-leaning boomer mom (who's the best mom ever, ftr) who asks me about all the talking points and gets worked up over the daily nothingburgers (which always originate from X or MSM), I cannot imagine the cesspool that place is.
People are still underestimating the hell out of how serious this is about to get. It's not 10 years away, but even if it was, what's a decade nowadays? Trump came down the escalator 10 years ago. Two weeks to slow the spread was 5 years ago. This is coming. Soon. Ten years ain't what it used to be.
The old crusty geriatrics in Washington play hell updating their iphones that are engineered to be as simple and user friendly so that everyone from children to meemaws can use them. They don't have the first clue about how to deal with it - other than buy stock options from inside information. The unchecked career politician in DC will be our ultimate downfall. It is a travesty we have geriatrics dealing with 2025 problems in that cesspool called Washington D.C.
Imagine your 83 year old grandfather making decisions on the proliferation of AI. George Washington would never. We the citizenry should be ashamed for letting them do it. We are fricked.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:42 pm to captron
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Small correction...Applied makes the equipment that manufactures computer chips.
That is correct. I was offered a job there when I graduated from LSU. Looked like an interesting job. However, I wasn’t interested in moving to Austin and it didn’t pay much compared to my other offers
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:44 pm to Spankum
In the applied materials thread they cite “Automation, digitalization“…this is AI or HIGHLY AI adjacent.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 8:55 pm to mudshuvl05
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We are the product, and we feed ourselves to them daily.
Yeah. Yeah yeah. We all know, but you just said that like it was insightful.
They are gather data to more effectively drive sales for others. That is what they are selling.
They can’t make money if their customers need to cut back on marketing because people aren’t buying shite even after being bombarded targeted ads
This post was edited on 10/23/25 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 10/23/25 at 9:08 pm to Volvagia
AI has anchored this thread.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 9:17 pm to Volvagia
quote:What? Calm down.
Yeah. Yeah yeah. We all know, but you just said that like it was insightful.
quote:Correct, I think, if I read it correctly. That's what it means to be the product: our tendencies are the product for the advertisers who pay the tech giants for the information. That's common knowledge.
They are gather data to more effectively drive sales for others. That is what they are selling.
quote:Who is they? The social media companies? They'll make money. You bet your arse they'll make money, because we all will keep coming back to use the algorithm for, "free." If you think companies will all of a sudden stop paying for in depth information on potential customers to buy their product then you're living in an alternate reality. That's not how business works. Never has, never will be. Marketing is a key driver of business, and marketing is one and the same with tech algorithms. There won't be a slow down on algorithm use as long as smart phones and apps exist, even if we're living in squalor.
They can’t make money if their customers need to cut back on marketing because people aren’t buying shite even after being bombarded targeted ads
Case in point: people living in squalor now use them - by the billions.
The premise that AI isn't an out of control train wreck on the horizon hasn't been refuted. I'm not even sure what you're arguing.
This post was edited on 10/23/25 at 9:19 pm
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