Post #2673311
2026-05-13 09:26 UTC
@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).
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@tanyelcakmak@mastodon.social 2026-05-13 09:32
@rysiek@mstdn.social Exactly — in my field we never say 'AI'. It's always the specific method: simulation, optimisation, pattern recognition. 'AI' as a term lives mostly in the hype layer. And the layoff point is sharp. The tool is the excuse, not the cause.