I blame the drive to use anything new before the competitor does and gets an advantage, added to worse and worse IT departments that don't really know what they're doing. There could be some companies that have a good IT that just get overruled, of course.
Comment on HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
LLMs are such an unstable technology right now, literally changing every few weeks. I don’t understand why companies are willing to fold it into their workflows in the current state.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 days ago
vateso5074@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Guessing either:
Leadership lives so deeply in techbro echo chambers that they are completely oblivious to the volatility of the market.
These companies have a poor financial outlook and are hedging their bets that an AI pivot can give them access to income they need.
To me, the fact that they’re starting with layoffs means that they are in dire straits and need to cost cut badly, and are hoping that declaring a dedicated push to adopt AI will retain some measure of confidence from the market.
If a company was doing well prior to adopting AI, they’d fold it into their workflows first and then start looking at who is redundant and who should stay.