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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 1 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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dekhn ◴[22 Oct 25 18:16 UTC] No.45673060[source]▶
I'm seeing a lot of frustration at the leadership level about product velocity- and much of the frustration is pointed at internal gatekeepers who mainly seem to say no to product releases.

My leadership is currently promoting "better to ask forgiveness", or put another way: "a bias towards action". There are definitely limits on this, but it's been helpful when dealing with various internal negotiations. I don't spend as much time looking to "align with stakeholders", I just go ahead and do things my decades of experience have taught me are the right paths (while also using my experience to know when I can't just push things through).

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palmotea ◴[22 Oct 25 18:28 UTC] No.45673217[source]▶
> My leadership is currently promoting "better to ask forgiveness", or put another way: "a bias towards action". ... I don't spend as much time looking to "align with stakeholders"...

Isn't that "move fast and break things" by another name?

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dekhn ◴[22 Oct 25 18:38 UTC] No.45673350[source]▶
it's more "move fast on a good foundation, rarely breaking things, and having a good team that can fix problems when they inevitably arise".
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1. soraminazuki ◴[23 Oct 25 03:09 UTC] No.45677776{3}[source]▶
That's the polar opposite of what "better to ask forgiveness," "bias towards action," or "I don't spend as much time looking to 'align with stakeholders'" mean. They, by definition, mean acting on your own agenda as quickly as possible before anyone else affected can voice their concerns. This is consistent with how Facebook has been behaving all along: from gathering images of female college students without consent to rate their appearance, to tricking teenagers into installing spyware VPNs to undermine competitors[1], and even promoting ragebait content that has contributed to societal destabilization, including exacerbating a massacre[2].

You can't label others as mere nuisance and simultaneously claim to respect them when faced with criticism.

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/21/facebook-removes-onavo/

[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-...