@julianblacks_: My wife just got laid off by Meta. We knew the writing was on the wall. But I want to give a little background. Meta a …
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A user recounts his wife's layoff from Meta and describes the company's recent AI-focused week where employees were required to develop internal AI tools.
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My wife just got laid off by Meta.
We knew the writing was on the wall. But I want to give a little background.
Meta a couple months back had a company-wide AI week. During this week Meta halted all day-to-day work and required all employees to familiarize themselves with AI.
At the end of the week, each employee was required to have the early stages of an AI tool to be used internally by Meta.
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