Source: Common Dreams
by Dane Gambrell
“Earlier this month, software firm Workday announced that it would be laying off more than 1,700 workers (about 8.5% of its workforce) to redirect investment toward artificial intelligence. The announcement was the latest in a series of mass layoffs that have put hundreds of thousands of workers at Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, and other tech companies out of work over the past several years. Google and Meta are among the tech giants that have cited the need to invest resources in AI development as the reason for cutting jobs. AI is also a part of the rationale behind the raft of mass federal employees layoffs. Much of the narrative about AI and jobs has focused on the threat of automation: What can AI do as well as, or better than humans?” (02/27/25)