Breathe

I think AI is could be overhyped in some areas but there are some use cases where it really fucking excels. My experience with it is that it is simulaneously brilliant and a total idiot. Also, many people make judgements without using good models or knowing how to prompt. Being gullible would be not seeing tons of people get good at using it and claiming that it's great. But I've know tons of people who are really putting it to use. Do not underestimate this. It can only get better.

Apparently the finance department took a big hit as well.

I just googled it. 10% of the workforce was laid off. Approx 1000 workers. 50% of the people from the office in my city was laid off.

Junior, senior, and staff level developers. Also I know of one program manager. I left the company before the layoff but was told by a couple of my friends that either work there or were laid off themselves. I don't know who else was let go but it was mostly on the developer side I believe.

This is happening

My previous company forced everyone to learn AI then laid half of hem off when productivity skyrocketed.

Anyone here refuse to use AI for ethical reasons?

I took a one year break from coding and just got back in the game. I was very impressed with Claude but was simultaneously perplexed by it's ability to make newbie mistakes. It go from master level developer to junior level developer in an instant. For the people out there saying that this is going to blow over, it's not. This shit is just way too intellgent and capable. When I first started learning about AI I thought, man, it's going to be the best hacker that's ever lived. Security and exploitation is one hell of an application for AI.

He's always been a charlatan

Can anyone recommend any resources, books or videos, that discuss what it's like to live in authoritarian states? Like, how to thrive and survive, overall morale, how people feel about the lack of rights, oppression in general, etc.

Part of it is the lobbying. I can't find the full length Al Jazeera video, maybe it was pulled from YouTube? But, I did find this clip from that video. This is from a report detailing that CNN and BBC didn't allow guests to use the word "genocide"

We thought the same about Jan 6th. I'm not quite so optimistic. One thing for sure, we need to keep fighting.

the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. (From here: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/genocide) What do you find controversial here?

Probably? How about be sure about what you are saying before spreading rumors.

Massie said on twitter that the person was Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem (who has since resigned): https://bsky.app/profile/gtconway.bsky.social/post/3mejvheyvtc2g Massie then basically said, "If you find me dead, it wasn't by suicide": https://bsky.app/profile/alexip718.com/post/3mernbw3q4c2k Massie knows he just revealed some major shit and that his head is now on the chopping block. I wonder what will happen. In Russia, Massie would be a victim in a plane crash, fall off of a balcony, or die mysteriously of poison.