Jan 7, 2025
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rabbits are shaped like that so that you can easily carve a likeness of their image without much trouble out of a block of wood, or a block of soap, or a block of marble, or a block of anything really. there are so many blocks out there
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life after you save the world. twice
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One thing we know about the mass tech layoffs attributed to "AI" is that they follow a trend of mass tech layoffs that firms were formerly forced to admit were the result of their businesses contracting sharply after the lockdowns ended, when users didn't need nearly so many cloud services.
By blaming the continuing layoffs on "AI," companies whose business continues to contract can tell investors that they are on the bleeding edge, not the contracting tail.
In related news: yesterday, Block announced it was firing half its engineers to make a "big bet on AI." Block used to be called "Square" and it had a very successful business as a payment processor. It changed its name to Block when it went all in on crypto.
Block's mass "AI" layoffs coincide with a *50%* drop in Bitcoin, with concomitant collapses in other cryptos. Crypto market watchers warn that the industry is so overleveraged that this could lead to total collapse.
And yet, we're told that Block's - a company that is totally exposed to crypto volatility and would face a mass selloff by investors (and possibly a run) if news got out that it was in danger - undertook mass layoffs to "make a big bet on AI" (and not to paper over the terrifying prospects for its crypto-exposed business with high-gloss tales about being on the cutting edge of the Next Big Thing).
Aldo van Eyck, Sculpture Pavilion, Sonsbeek Exhibition, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1966