Submitted by Weeb_Geek_7779 t3_126zjaq in singularity
Emory_C t1_jebvuk5 wrote
Reply to comment by CrelbowMannschaft in When will AI actually start taking jobs? by Weeb_Geek_7779
>What do you think is behind the massive tech layoffs that have been going on for over a year, now, and are only picking up pace?
Not GPT. The boom/bust cycle of tech firms is like clockwork at this point.
CrelbowMannschaft t1_jebwq7l wrote
Not all AI is GPT. Not all coding AI is GPT.
Emory_C t1_jebxape wrote
Do you have evidence that the tech layoffs are related to any kind of AI?
CrelbowMannschaft t1_jebxepc wrote
Do you have evidence that they're not?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/big-tech-layoffs-2023-twitter-meta-amazon-google
Emory_C t1_jebxyvt wrote
🙄 That's not how evidence works. You can't prove a negative.
CrelbowMannschaft t1_jebyzko wrote
Of course you can. If a wall has only one coat of paint, and it is white, that proves that the wall is not painted some other color. In math, proofs of impossibility are very common. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but evidence of absence is proof of a negative.
Emory_C t1_jec65j9 wrote
Correct. But in this case the burden of proof is obviously on you since you're making the assertion.
CrelbowMannschaft t1_jec7htn wrote
It's a reasonable correlation to observe. AI gets better, tech jobs go away. There's a reasonable understanding of how that process works. If there's some other reason, that should be at least as reasonably explained. No one has explained any other reason, other than "business cycles," which is vague and imprecise enough to be meaningless without further information and support.
Emory_C t1_jecc38t wrote
Right. So the answer is “No, I don’t have any proof.” Thank you.
CrelbowMannschaft t1_jecc88k wrote
And your answer is, "Beats me why it's happening! Sure isn't some obvious process that we already know to be at work in these situations, though!" Thank you.
raylolSW t1_jedr7xy wrote
Yep, it’s called the lower demand in tech after the pandemic, hired and tech uses during 2020-2021 was insane
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