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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ceejayoz ◴[22 Oct 25 17:14 UTC] No.45672187[source]▶
Because the AI works so well, or because it doesn't?

> ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes in a memo seen by Axios.

That's kinda wild. I'm kinda shocked they put it in writing.

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giancarlostoro ◴[22 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45672266[source]▶
I just assume they over hired. Too much hype for AI. Everyone wants to build the framework people use for AI nobody wants to build the actual tools that make AI useful.
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1. munk-a ◴[22 Oct 25 21:24 UTC] No.45675344[source]▶
My voice activated egg timer is amazing. There are millions of useful small tools that can be built to assist us in a day-to-day manner... I remain skeptical that anyone will come up with a miracle tool that can wholesale replace large sections of the labor market and I think that too much money is chasing after huge solutions where many small products will provide the majority of the gains we're going to get from this bubble.
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2. kbelder ◴[22 Oct 25 22:11 UTC] No.45675808[source]▶
>My voice activated egg timer is amazing.

Alexa?