Microsoft laid off 9,000 people last week. One of the executives at Microsoft offered advise that was closer to a pitch for the AI that replaced those workers. Matt Turnbull stated that LLMs like ChatGPT and Copilot could “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss”. The dystopian message contained no references to relying upon family or friends, but instead, the cold hearted machine that only pretends to be human. The message has since been deleted, but as we have stated in various ways over the years, once post on the Internet, your words can stay with you to haunt you when you least expect it.
Following the news that 9,000 people are being laid off at the company, one Xbox executive offered some questionable words of advice for people on their way out: Find solace in Microsoft Copilot.
Found at www.engadget.com
