Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teaching themselves algorithms

Re:Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teachin... by kitotik on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:04PM (#17070515)

This reads very much like a Udemy PR piece.

I’ve seen these types of moves several times in the enterprise and it seems to me an HR covering-its-ass move so that they can fire people with cause for not having the skills to perform a job role that changed under the employees feet. This is at least 10x cheaper than losing unemployment claims.

“Hey, we gave them access to some training videos and they just didn’t seem to be able to keep up”

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teachin... by dgemm on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @12:24AM (#17071633)

> Of the stories you read in traditional media that aren't about politics, crimes, or disasters, more than half probably come from PR firms.

Always a good read: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teachin... by atomical on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:36PM (#17070673)

Being incompetent isn't going to prevent someone from getting unemployment.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teachin... by CamTin on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:42PM (#17070698)

Yeah, you just need a pulse to be denied.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Algorithms are coming for their jobs, workers are teachin... by atomical on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:47AM (#17081934)

What do you mean? It's very easy for someone to get unemployment.

[ Parent | on HN ]