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Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years (www.theguardian.com)
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As we roll out more generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done

we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce

Are we done for?

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/developer-guilty-of-using-kill-switch-to-sabotage-employers-systems/

10 years in jail is what's stopping them.

It's REALLY hard to create a dead man's switch that works, but also leaves no trace. Even if you delete the script after it executes, there's probably backups or logs that show what happened.