Thread regarding IBM layoffs

IBM AI is 95% Accurate

Recent story: “IBM AI Can Predict with 95% Accuracy Which Employees will Quit”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html

Here’s what I think was really said:

"IBM AI makes 95% of employees want to quit."

IBM machine learning helps managers create working conditions that gets more people to quit than any other method. Gone are the days when you can reliably push someone out the door using only reduced responsibilities and poor performance reviews. IBM has a better way. We leverage AI to make each employee uniquely miserable.

Got people over 50? We make them feel worthless. Got employees that want retraining? We get them to lose all hope. Are you tired of paying severance? IBM is here to help! We have been getting people to quit in record numbers at IBM labs all over the world. We’ll work with you to make your employees as unhappy as ours.

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Oh my. That last para says it all. Reminds me of that phrase in the movie THX1138 which goes 'buy more... buy more now'. And the guy buys the trinket and immediately trashes it. Or maybe I'm conflating it with Soylent Green. Either way, it's not pretty. History has a way of repeating itself. IBM is becoming a metaphor for so many things. Now that I think of it, vegetarian Wednesdays in the cafeteria has a bit of a gnarly flavor. Where did Bob go in cubicle 7D/14C? Haven't seen him in ages.

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Finally. A market segment where IBM is a true leader.

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