Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by ChoGGi on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @07:36PM
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I'll be curious to see how the next generation of highly skilled technical experts will be raised.
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by hkt on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:03AM
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I have a nasty suspicion that far fewer of them will be, that CS and SE based professions will end up collapsing and consolidating into a handful of AI megacorporations and a guild-like elite of AI-herders will be what's left.
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by SgtBastard on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:43PM
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Guilds of Knowledge hoarders and AI adepts are my bet as well.
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by poulpy123 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @09:25AM
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That's an interesting paradox of the current AI: useful enough to make the industry less competent (either directly by helping students to not learn or indirectly by replacing people in entry level formative jobs) while not being smart enough to replace all the chain to the top