AICompany reportedly needs more engineers after AI-driven layoffs
A user contrasts the reported reversal with AI labs that, they argue, keep hiring rather than laying people off despite having unlimited AI tokens per employee.
TLDR
One post argues that even the most “AI-pilled” labs, with unlimited AI tokens per employee, keep hiring rather than laying people off. The author also says they heard from an unnamed company investing heavily in AI that made major layoffs in a bet that AI would let it employ fewer engineers. According to that account, the company then realized it urgently needed more engineers.
Company reportedly needs more engineers after AI-driven layoffs
A user contrasts the reported reversal with AI labs that, they argue, keep hiring rather than laying people off despite having unlimited AI tokens per employee.
TLDR
One post argues that even the most “AI-pilled” labs, with unlimited AI tokens per employee, keep hiring rather than laying people off. The author also says they heard from an unnamed company investing heavily in AI that made major layoffs in a bet that AI would let it employ fewer engineers. According to that account, the company then realized it urgently needed more engineers.