Post #2673310
2026-05-13 03:49 UTC
@rysiek@mstdn.social The tool vs. replacement debate depends entirely on who holds the tool and why. In some fields AI is genuinely assistive. In others it's clearly a cost-cutting excuse. The difference is intent. 🤔
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@rysiek@mstdn.social 2026-05-13 09:26
@tanyelcakmak@mastodon.social I would wager a bet that in the fields where it is genuinely assistive it is mostly referred to by other, more specific terms than "AI". And in the case of this blogpost and all the "AI layoffs", it is not even directly a cost cutting tool, but as I noted earlier in the thread, a tool to change power dynamics in the workplace and a tool to cover for previous bad decisions of the management (for example, over-hiring during COVID, so laying folks off now).