mastodontech.de ist einer von vielen unabhängigen Mastodon-Servern, mit dem du dich im Fediverse beteiligen kannst.
Offen für alle (über 16) und bereitgestellt von Markus'Blog

Serverstatistik:

1,4 Tsd.
aktive Profile

#christopherhohn

0 Beiträge0 Beteiligte0 Beiträge heute
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@decryption" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>decryption</span></a></span> “Why would you outsource the most critical part of writing, your intent and your meaning, to a machine, because you think it understands you? The machine will never understand you. It's a goddamn machine, made by humans that hate what you do for a living and wish to commoditise your craft.”</p><p>Cost.</p><p>For JB, faster time for *product* to market, time is money, more profit. For the type &amp; style of writing this works. Much like commercial art is cost sensitive, JBs commercial writing is not going to be the next PKD novel. Something to read, generate a topical idea or two, old articles becoming <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/kipple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kipple</span></a>. </p><p>This narrative is being played out in all manners of ‘human related work’; Writing, illustration, scripting, translation, software development, administration, etc.. Why? My thesis, the ‘powers that be’¥ are finding ways to reduce the human touch to reduce cost. At the same time reducing head counts. Zero hour workers. </p><p>Read through the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Whitecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitecollar</span></a> tag to get idea of how this reduction of workers is being reported in the press. </p><p>¥ November 2022, “Major investor calls on Google owner to ‘aggressively’ cut staff and pay” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/109725442924625839" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/109</span><span class="invisible">725442924625839</span></a>&gt;.</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> “The only issue I am facing as a professional <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is *no problem to be solved here*”.</p><p>I don’t think the Art director is looking at this from a business angle. The problem being solved is to reduce the high cost <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> workforce and still make a profit. </p><p>This has been happening since 2022 when <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> decided SE/SWE cost to much for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a>) and all the SW companies followed. </p><p>Why? </p><p>Later that year <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> released <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a>. </p><p>Here is that article: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programmers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The story of automation in the US is that it has mostly impacted on manual workers in manufacturing. For example, factory employees — such as carmakers — performing routine tasks have lost their jobs to robots — or lower-cost Asian competitors.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndustrialAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialAutomation</span></a> has tended to affect lower-skilled, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> jobs in the “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rustbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rustbelt</span></a>” heartlands and small-town, less-educated communities in the south and midwest. </p><p>But a recent study from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BrookingsInstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrookingsInstitution</span></a> suggests that the communities most exposed to AI-driven job dislocation will be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> information workers. The researchers studied the usage of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> tools across more than 1,000 occupations and mapped this against where those jobs were most commonly located. </p><p>Their analysis suggests that many <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coders</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FinancialAnalysts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialAnalysts</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bureaucrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucrats</span></a> in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Durham, New York and Washington DC might want to rethink their futures. But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NonOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonOffice</span></a>-bound <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> in places such as Las Vegas, Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana may be less exposed to AI disruption.”</p><p>My observation since 2022 when <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> an influential shareholder decided to *speak out* about “reducing its head count and paying (hi-tech) workers less”. [1]</p><p>This is the decade where extreme (cost) pressure will be forced on White collar workers by the introduction of AI. </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://archive.md/YqF03" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/YqF03</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-493c-b8c6-edfbd4057199" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-4</span><span class="invisible">93c-b8c6-edfbd4057199</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p><p>[1] &lt;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>The technology white collar eradication continues. Since 2022 where <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fundie <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a>* decided he needed a pay rise, one way was to demand <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> loose it’s “over paid” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a>. Big Tech has followed by stripping workers and looking at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> as a replacement,</p><p>It’s 2025 and…</p><p>“Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts today” </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/meta_to_toss_5_of/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/10/met</span><span class="invisible">a_to_toss_5_of/</span></a>&gt;</p><p>VS </p><p>“Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses (Meta/Facebook)”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tehc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tehc</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conditions</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/22/met</span><span class="invisible">a_pumps_executive_bonuses/</span></a>&gt; </p><p>* &lt;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> “Major wall st fund managers and stock holders started putting together a plan to put pressure on the wage and RSU growth.”</p><p>TCI via Christopher Hohn. When I read this on FT in Nov. ‘22 at the time ChatGTP was released it to me, was the trigger point for mass layoffs.</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fund Management, the activist hedge fund helmed by U.K. billionaire <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a>, touted a massive stake in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> parent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> on Tuesday as he called on the company to cut costs by reducing its head count and paying workers less, becoming the latest high-profile investor slamming the formerly high-flying tech sector amid broader market weakness.”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/?sh=115dac8e3d97" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/?sh=115dac8e3d97</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Late in November 2022 a decision was made to pivot from human innovation and engineering to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> augmentation with the sole aim of reducing costs. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fund Management: “cost base of the business is "too high and that management needs to take aggressive action. The company has too many employees and the cost per employee is too high," *</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> in November ‘22 made that statement € and the matket followed. Sacked engineers from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> companies through this year will exceed 224,503. ¥</p><p>That savings is going to AI investment with one of the aims to drive down the cost of technical <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> in software, ie: salaries. </p><p>* &lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/tci_fund_google_cut_costs_waymo_compensation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2022/11/16/tci</span><span class="invisible">_fund_google_cut_costs_waymo_compensation/</span></a>&gt; / € &lt;<a href="https://tcifund.com/files/corporateengageement/alphabet/15th%20November%202022.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tcifund.com/files/corporateeng</span><span class="invisible">ageement/alphabet/15th%20November%202022.pdf</span></a>&gt; /¥ &lt;<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/tech-industry-layoffs-2023" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/tech</span><span class="invisible">-industry-layoffs-2023</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Personal speculation:</p><p>November 2022 was the month UK <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a>, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> investor decided that sacking <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> workers at google was a good idea and instead invest in AI. </p><p>Long term <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a>, tech business owners are punting on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> making more money than their high paid <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/major-investor-calls-on-google-owner-to-aggressively-cut-staff-and-pay" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">2/nov/15/major-investor-calls-on-google-owner-to-aggressively-cut-staff-and-pay</span></a>&gt;</p>