[thrawa8387336]

This is a second hand anecdote but someone commented here or on X, that basically he was on a cruise and overheard two heads of HR of 2 big Co's talking to each other about shenanigans.

Would not be the craziest considering that AI has to make a ROI. Even if it's not up there yet to do so organically. If you annihilate the entry labor market, then after some time, you have no choice but to use AI because there is no one remaining with the skills. AI is lower than entry level -> No one is hiring new grads -> There is no new talent being developed -> use AI for everything!

[cactusplant7374]

> This is a second hand anecdote but someone commented here or on X, that basically he was on a cruise and overheard two heads of HR of 2 big Co's talking to each other about shenanigans.

I have no idea what this means.

[tejohnso]

It's describing the setting for a conspiracy theory. Multiple (in this case 2) people (in this case powerful ones) getting together and deciding that a certain outcome would be mutually beneficial.

And the second paragraph details the conspiracy is to work together to remove a certain type of employee in large numbers, so that AI tools have to be used in order to make up for that loss.

[reliabilityguy]

An of the horizon for AI explosive growth was 10 years down the road, then what those execs report to the board/C*Os after their department failed to perform without half the employees?

Makes zero sense.

You completely misunderstand corporate incentives.

[thrawa8387336]

I do see that angle, and my impression is this push comes from the top top. The execs and middle are just following, milking it as long as it lasts.

cf. Matt Levine's thoughts on how Blackrock optimizes whole industries beyond the company level.

[delfinom]

Until you run out of people using AI in the first place lol