r/technology • u/DontFearTheCreaper • 1d ago

Social Media Tech CEOs who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of tariffs

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-bezos-musk-zuckerberg-b2727147.html
66.1k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/Pretend-Marsupial258 1d ago

Why do you think they're dumping billions into AI? If it works out like they think it will, then they'll never have to hire a human ever again.

3

u/AbleInfluence302 1d ago

AI isn’t even close to do the job of their engineers. Until we get AGI they can’t lay everyone off. Though there are productivity gains so they need less.

3

u/Pretend-Marsupial258 1d ago

Yeah, of course. That doesn't mean that they won't fire people and replace them with AI anyway since AI is so "good." Business leaders make stupid decisions all the time that hurt their employees.

4

u/AbleInfluence302 1d ago

I completely agree. They will try to do it. AI is only hyped because companies want to replace their employees. No one care about the research benefits or advancements. Anything AI is about replacing humans.

2

u/Astralglamour 17h ago

Amazing how they don't seem to consider who will pay taxes or buy products if there are no jobs for average people to work, as the rich dont pay any taxes or buy enough to prop up the economy (being as there are so few of them).