Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the company

Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by ulfw on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:21AM (#38517567)

Only to a small extend. Mostly it happens in software. And no it's not just "overhiring" (that doesn't happen across so many industries). That's only part of it. We all know with AI we won't need white collar jobs anymore. If I had children I wouldn't allow them to study CS. Not anymore.

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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by thepablohansen on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:24AM (#38517600)

What would you have them study instead? If you're optimizing for what AI is least likely to be able to accomplish, some forms of blue collar labor would probably rank highest on the list.

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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by vlowrian on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:38AM (#38517800)

I feel like you're overestimating the impact of AI on the current wave of dismissals. It's hard to say without any actual data, but there seems to be a lot of FUD regarding AI replacing white-collar and CS jobs.

I don't have better data than you, but I'd be very much surprised if AI would replace computer scientists rather than being a tool which will change what we'll have to be good at as computer scientists.

There is a lot of digitalisation to be done and AI might change the price of doing that, but it won't make a whole academic discipline obsolete.

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