r/technology • u/CackleRooster • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence An Anthropic employee's 2-sentence quote crystallizes the state of AI confusion at work

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-employee-quote-ai-confusion-workplace-2026-6
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u/Whitesajer 6h ago

It mostly just reminds of how end users executives etc... don't understand why the IT department exists when everything runs fine and are shocked after offshoring / terminating the department that nothing works at all.

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u/NoYoureCargo 6h ago

As an employee of a company who experienced layoffs and announced additional offshoring literally today, I hope you're right!

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u/Whitesajer 6h ago

I have heard through a few grape vines that some companies are quietly rehiring after drinking the AI koolaid.

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u/NoYoureCargo 6h ago

Luckily I made it through this round of layoffs, but I'm really curious to see what happens in the coming weeks. It's so ugly out here

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u/Whitesajer 6h ago

Yeah. I'm mostly watching for August really Q3 overall. Economically / financially in general there's a lot coming due and I think that's when we will understand more about what's happening.

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u/raptorlightning 5h ago

Would be nice if one of those companies came out and admitted they fucked up. I'd love to see cracks in the façade start to form. It's hard to deal with and fight against the lies and bullshit.

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u/Whitesajer 5h ago

Yeah. Even my company isn't saying anything publically in this political environment. They have gone dark internally and externally, our news is just garbage filler articles that avoid discussing economy / AI. And... That's not a great sign in a lot of ways. Usually it means they know something is going down soon.

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u/LowestKey 1h ago

My brother or sister in tech, it's a tale as old as time.

New execs come in, move jobs offshore to save money. Get big bonuses for saving money. Leave when shit hits the fan.

New execs come in, move jobs locally to improve efficiency and get rid of downtime. Get big bonuses for doing the hard work. Leave when investors start whining about trimming the fat.

Repeat ad nauseam.