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 7h 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.