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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by bitbasher on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:35PM (#44445743)
I'm indifferent to layoffs. I dislike layoffs these days because it directly fuels the "AI is replacing our jobs" brainrot and then fuels the "AI is the future" hype train.

It's not impossible for this to be Microsoft's way to keep the AI flywheel spinning.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by justin66 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @02:10PM (#44447000)
I think we can all agree that the real damage caused by layoffs is their effect on the publicity surrounding AI, not their effect on humans and their well being.
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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by bitbasher on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:15PM (#44450620)
Correct, people can get new jobs. We are all forced to live through this AI hype for the next decade.
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