IBM Lays Off 8k Employees for AI, Only to Rehire Just as Many Soon After dailygalaxy.com 10 points by taubek 3 days ago
DebtDeflation 4 hours ago Pure propaganda. The people who were laid off were in the US, Canada, and Western Europe. The people who were "rehired" were in India. AI had a minimal role, primarily as a cover story.
pr07ecH70r 3 days ago I think it was rather a poor try in "knowledge exchange" but it is not sustainable in the long run.
ozgrakkurt 3 days ago Curious if they really believed the hype or just fired all those people to play with the stock price
mkrishnan 2 days ago Sounds like they replaced HR people with engineers and designers? AI helped them do it.
Pure propaganda. The people who were laid off were in the US, Canada, and Western Europe. The people who were "rehired" were in India. AI had a minimal role, primarily as a cover story.
I think it was rather a poor try in "knowledge exchange" but it is not sustainable in the long run.
Curious if they really believed the hype or just fired all those people to play with the stock price
Sounds like they replaced HR people with engineers and designers? AI helped them do it.