Comment on Microsoft axe another 9000 in continued AI push
kescusay@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Weird. The cuts apparently include cancellation of several games that were planned and many of them will hit the Xbox division.
I would’ve thought that the increased productivity that Copilot theoretically gives developers would have resulted in the reduced staff still being able to finish those games.
Prox@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, from that perspective this reads roughly like when the Zoom CEO started forcing his own people back into the office. Basically tells the market that your company has no real faith in the claims it makes about its products.
kescusay@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The thing is, if they just pared those claims down a bit, they’d be accurate. Switch from “Copilot can build an entire application for you from scratch while giving you a blowjob” to “Copilot can help developers by automating some repetitive and time-consuming tasks,” and you still have a good thing.
jj4211@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If they marketed on the actual capability, customer executives won’t be as eager to open their wallet. Get them thinking they can reduce headcount and they’ll fall over themselves. You tell them your staff will remain about the same but some facets of their job will be easier, and they are less likely to recognize the value.