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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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Ironically, processing large amounts of data and making soft decisions and planning based on such data makes AI ideal for replacing C-suite members.
Not to mention the cost savings difference. Developer salaries make a ChatGPT subscription look like a bargain. C-level salaries make racks of dedicated hardware to run local models look like one.
Let's make a community powered, open source project to do this and watch them squirm when investors demand that million dollar CEOs get replaced with AI for higher investor returns.
The problem is that the AI won't take a bribe to issue a return to office mandate to prop up their real estate holdings.
But we can patch that in version 2, I guess?
Pointing this out in company wide meetings is a fun past time.