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Technology@beehaw.org • 4 days ago

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

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Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

Chris RemingtonM to

Technology@beehaw.org • 4 days ago

AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says one engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.

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Zero chance this company replaced him with an AI that actually does anything useful.
- @Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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  It’s kind of by definition. They’re working on the metaverse.

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