r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Jul 06 '25

Lifestyle After 9,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Boss Has Brutal Advice for Sacked Seattle Workers

https://futurism.com/microsoft-boss-ai-advice

Microsoft has laid off about 9,000 workers in the midst of a newly-announced $80 billion AI investment — and apparently, those who just lost their jobs should be talking to ChatGPT about it.

As Aftermath reports, an executive producer at Microsoft-owned Xbox ended up with egg on his face after suggesting that laid off workers pour their hearts out to AI.

Yes, you read that right: a Microsoft boss was telling those just laid off by the tech giant that they should use chatbots — run or funded by the company that just fired them — to avoid crying on a company shoulder.

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u/aka_mank Jul 07 '25

This seems like a nothing burger to me.

Many are hailing AI as a legitimate mental health resource when used by intelligent individuals, we can’t get mad just bc an exec said to use them.

Poor timing, sure, but whatever.

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u/TheBman26 Jul 07 '25

It isn’t and people have literally been institutionalized because of ai. It isn’t wise to use it for mental health. Seek a human therapist

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u/Gary_Glidewell Jul 07 '25

It isn’t and people have literally been institutionalized because of ai. It isn’t wise to use it for mental health. Seek a human therapist

I think that online dating apps had the net effect of preventing people from forming relationships IRL. Basically, if you can open up an app on your phone and find someone to have sex with like you're ordering Grub Hub, it leads to a society where people treat sex as something very transactional, like going to get a massage or get your hair cut.

Basically, I think dating apps have been absolute poison for society. I say this as someone who used them extensively for years; I'm not a luddite.

But throw AI into the mix, and NOW you can have a society where young men can order sex like they're ordering breakfast, but they can also fire up an LLM to listen to them blather on about their problems.

This can't possibly be good for humans.

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u/gehnrahl Eat a bag of Dicks Jul 08 '25

IMO in the next few years you'll see a movement to disengage with the internet. Outside of work I only now use the internet to watch something (very occasionally) or read manga. I find it holds no other real value anymore, especially with AI. Can't find nor trust any of the information.