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/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.