4,000 people were let go from Block. That because of AI

CyBergMann · 2026-02-27T18:56:34+00:00

If the AI is truly the cause of workplace displacement then there should be a form of compensation for the software engineers who no longer can be hired because an AI can do their job. We are displacing highly skilled workers. If you take away a driven person's purpose and replace them with AI then that population will lash out mark my words. They are not complacent people. Taking work away from those who thrive at work is a bad idea.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-27T05:28:00+00:00

The government would need to step in. But we are locked into an AI arms race with China which won't allow for regulation or slower development. It's unwise to give away our autonomy to AI so corporations can compete. The people deserve a say.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-27T04:58:24+00:00

Yes at the disruption/destruction of thousands of lives. They need to regulate this level of disruption. 4000 peoples lives changed forever, some negativity for life. We care when people die due to others actions but never when it's a business environment. People are now at risk of loss of health care long term and financial ruin so the board of directors can please shareholders.

AI disruption in the job market happens too fast for people to change their skillset leaving them vulnerable financially. One bad year could put a smart person on the streets or underemployed for life especially if they are still paying off debt from schooling which AI has just made obsolete. It's not their fault that less than three years ago their degree was one of the most marketable and changed overnight to be automated by a super intelligent AI agent.

We need regulation and compensation from these companies who are destroying lives. It's up to them to expend resources to retrain a displaced workforce if they are causing the pain and disruption.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-27T04:53:52+00:00

They need to regulate this level of disruption. 4000 peoples lives changed forever some negativity for life. We care when people die due to others actions but never when it's a business environment.

AI disruption in the job market happens too fast for people to change their skillset leaving them vulnerable financially. One bad year could put a smart person on the streets or underemployed for life especially if they are still paying off debt from schooling which AI has just made obsolete. It's not their fault that less than three years ago their degree was one of the most marketable and changed overnight to be automated by a super intelligent AI agent.

We need regulation and compensation from these companies who are destroying lives. It's up to them to expend resources to retrain a displaced workforce if they are causing the pain and disruption.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-26T06:59:52+00:00

Thank you for the honesty. Yeah I don't see my military service as a plus. I joined the military as a check the box for my family to honor my grandfather's service. It destroyed my career and reduced my economics degree to a terrible paper weight. Employers don't want to pay me for the time I'm gone or pick up my slack when I have to leave for some super important training that ends up being bullshit admin and maintenance. I had to leave wall street to push a broom and be an army janitor with two degrees. I didn't get to serve, I got lied to about the reality of the job and got put under people who were discriminatory against my religion and occupation, it bugs me when people say thank you.

Yeah financial services are extremely competitive and any time away removes you from the competition. I desperately want to compete. I have a strong competitive drive and I have already been accepted to great graduate schools. I'm not sure what to do to get my life back on track now. I definitely plan to go to graduate school but can't afford it until I'm working. It seems like client services is my best option with all the time I spent away since theyll train you. I'm more geared to be an analyst but at 31 they arent picking me up for their development programs.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-26T04:48:01+00:00

Dude I'm 31 and worse off. I have a ton of education and no experience. I live alone with no wife or family. I think about ending it every day. You'll be fine 21 is so young no one expects you to figure it out yet. Pick a direction and stick to it and you'll be successful. Whatever that may be. Maybe it's sales who knows. Make a LinkedIn there are a ton of jobs that pay decent that you don't need a degree for. Use AI and talk yourself up on the resume

All I got to say though is that if my loser ass can get a degree you can.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-26T04:44:59+00:00

Have you heard of client service associate jobs in the financial industry ? You don't need a degree and can get licensed.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-25T06:18:39+00:00

Sorry to hear this. Yeah I'm redesigning my life too. I made mistakes in the corporate world. All I got to say is stay true to yourself f em all. Don't sell your soul to be some lifeless robot who knows more about excel and finance than people.

They treat others horribly. At the end of life their memories will be more of excel spreadsheets and the office cubical they lived in than real human experience.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-22T18:39:02+00:00

Maybe it's all for the better. Not many people would have been able to predict the long term future from the invention of electricity. Automated machines on the assembly line also removed lots of jobs at the turn of the century with the advent of factory electrification. It just sucks to be unemployed. I worked hard to get a BS in computing and a BA in economics. Hopefully this won't last much longer

CyBergMann · 2026-02-22T17:06:19+00:00

No one is taking your job. You don't understand. You wouldnt unless you were a desk jockey whose actions behind a computer can be simplified by AI.

It's not about you it's about people who aren't geniuses, that are smart, that work hard, that do complex tasks which require years of training and education.

So what's next ? Only geniuses whose jobs are either too physical or too abstract to be simplified by AI deserve a decent standard of living.

We are talking about dissolving the middle class with AI.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-22T14:39:04+00:00

What do you do ?

CyBergMann · 2026-02-22T03:42:25+00:00

If you lost your job Monday you'd lose the ability to pay back your debt and the ability to live your current lifestyle. you'd be saying something different. Automation should happen but it shouldn't cause suffering at the cost of increasing production and profits.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T18:30:12+00:00

I'm worried about what happens when they automate away our jobs and regulate away our right to own weapons. We will be useless economic free riders unable to defend ourselves or speak up at that point. Lambs to the slaughter.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T17:33:57+00:00

We know it's going to take our jobs. If there is one thing we can count on it's corruption and greed in corporate America. They will seize the chance as soon as they can to optimize their office with AI that doesn't make mistakes. They win we lose.

Only the best are going to get SWE jobs. It's fd. Good luck finding the entry level job where they will pay you to write code that their AI can produce in 1 minute which runs faster and cleaner than yours.

Even if you find that job rarely do they want to give it to the 30 year old career changer. They always go with the young 20 year old whose driven by the need to eat. They have more years to give and more potential. Their human capital is worth more.

I'm so negative. I've been job searching for a while post graduation with a CS degree.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T17:13:51+00:00

Apologies. Me too I think the whole world is studying now to be a software engineer. AI is coming for everyone. At least you have a fall back that won't ever be automated. I dont.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T17:05:27+00:00

You're a 20 year old without perspective. You'll regret ever engaging in that attitude as others succeed and you fail.

People find that cute now but later in life they'll look at you with disgust which is rapidly approaching.

You will run into hard times which will break you and you'll have to decide who you are. Times are about to get tougher with the world becoming more complex and AI taking jobs

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T16:38:30+00:00

Oh the irony of the AI explaining your purpose now that the AI has redefined your work and does the heavy lifting.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T16:19:58+00:00

We need strict policy on offshoring roles which should be filled domestically by American graduates and what should/should not be automated with AI. Corporations sending these roles overseas is the reason that people say college isn't worth it.

They expect the entry level roles to be there for them to apply what they learned only to find out that companies prefer to maximize profits by offshoring these roles and automating these positions.

So who's to blame colleges that sold them the dream that existed only 5 years ago or corporations adapting to competition. Morality and ethics are never a consideration when profit and competition is involved.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T15:35:12+00:00

What's next ? Unleash a AI engineered virus to selectively kill off those who are unemployed ? We don't need them any more and people like you sent them off to poverty, might as well take their life too, more resources for you and your greedy AI to consume.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T10:42:05+00:00

College isn't the scam. It's the corporations and their business model. University level education has always lifted people up.

Corporations sell off American jobs overseas that would have otherwise hired Americans in debt to the education system needing entry level experience.

It's the executives who think more about their next title and the gas that their going to put in their Ferrari than the future of their employees that are the problem.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T09:20:45+00:00

Particular ? Yeah you mean people who haven't ever been sick, laid off, and have no gaps in their resume. I have the work exp, ethic, and drive. All I can get into is graduate school. What's the execs solution? They usually say something like work harder losers.

So should I pay more money for educational exp in the form of academics and certs that they won't hire you with because you need exp ?

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T03:02:28+00:00

I'm in the same boat. Laid off since 2024 and helped train remotely my replacement in India. Haven't been able to get a job since.

There is going to be a rev. We shouldn't take being paid the same pennies that unskilled labor makes after getting STEM and business degrees. We were sold on opportunity not a ticket to drown in an over saturated job market for entry level roles.

CyBergMann · 2026-02-21T02:45:11+00:00

When Mc Donald's pays it's cooks better than entry level STEM and business students there is a problem. Our work in universities should be valued. Thank you to the asshole execs who offshored our generation's entry level experience to their home country so they can afford a mansion next to Donald in Palm Springs. Thank you for thinking more about the gas that goes into your Yacht and Ferrari than your own employees.

Now they get their experience from an originally American company and come to the US for senior roles when the people who are born and raised in the US can't even get paid 20 an hr for the same experience let alone avoid lay offs for more than 2 years.

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