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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by khazhoux on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:33AM (#46806192)
> I think the person was feeding you a story around the campfire to impress you.

Yeah, this sounds like the guy was just exaggerating for effect. Haven't we all joked before, "I'm writing a tool to automate my own job away."

Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by aiisjustanif on Thursday January 29, 2026 @03:59PM (#46816508)
I’m more surprised that it’s not believable for some of management depending on how process driven there job is.

I’ve definitely had roles where I sadly realized I’m automating the QA person next to me well before LLMs were mainstream.

In my experience I think, you would automate enough of a mid manager role that upper management doesn’t care for, and whatever left over responsibilities that couldn’t be automated is split between a high level IC and the next above. Then the bureaucracy sells is as a success.