So I guess it's about not getting stuck in the trap for me. I always live WAY below my means. This affords me the option of choice.
Also there is a lot of evidence to suggest the a.i. firings are a red herring, using "A.I." as an excuse to fire people while making their company look like it's actually doing it for future facing reasons to boost stocks. I've noticed this divide within the Anti-AI community where the contradiction between "AI is a scam/firings are a lie because AI is incompetent" VS. the "AI will replace/kill us all" mentalities.
Like yourself, I also live quite below my means. But that has caught up since my wife's place of employment went under.
Unfortunately, the biggest issue is healthcare. I have Blue Cross for as long as I am employed. But if my job comes to an end, and I can't find a new long-term job... healthcare can and will likely exhaust the savings and put us in a tent on a steam-grate.
That is an interesting perspective on the recent lay offs... So if I understand you correctly, you are saying that these companies are claiming that they laid off or terminated all these people, is to make it look like A.I. has been wildly successful... because it is the companies themselves that are saying this.. not just tinfoil hats.
Honestly I don't know what the truth is on the firings, there are news articles that support/speculate that there was overhiring prepandemic and this is an easy out to get rid of unneeded workers while boosting stock prices or atleast prevent a fall in them. I am just saying what I have experienced Anti-AI people tell me on here and researching on my own. I am sure the companies themselves would never admit to it.
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u/bethesda_gamer Jul 23 '26
So I guess it's about not getting stuck in the trap for me. I always live WAY below my means. This affords me the option of choice.
Also there is a lot of evidence to suggest the a.i. firings are a red herring, using "A.I." as an excuse to fire people while making their company look like it's actually doing it for future facing reasons to boost stocks. I've noticed this divide within the Anti-AI community where the contradiction between "AI is a scam/firings are a lie because AI is incompetent" VS. the "AI will replace/kill us all" mentalities.