Ford, Commonwealth Bank, and IBM all start rehiring people after realizing AI can't replace them on quality: www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/e... “If we don’t continue to invest in entry-level hires, what happens in three-five years?..There’s no pipeline; the well simply dries up" IBM…
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Professor, Faculty Director UCSD Labor Center, author Chasing Innovation and Redacted, co-founder and supporter of Turkopticon, ex-Google worker. These are my personal opinions, not those of my employer.
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Employers who laid off workers citing AI are already starting to regret it cnbc.com
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab media.mit.edu
Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google arstechnica.com
Opinion: Who will robotaxis actually serve in San Diego? sandiegouniontribune.com
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As we're back to school in the university quarter system, I'm grateful to the AAUP for gathering AI syllabus language: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul... and this article on LLM impacts on cognitive development: www.media.mit.edu/publications...
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If you own the thing that's making up the false information, and not just reporting other people's stuff... WELP! "a German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements in AI Overviews." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Robotaxis as "so so tech" "[It] is just good enough to replace human workers but not good enough to significantly improve quality of life or create broad social benefits...[it moves] power away from local public institutions toward private corporations" www.sandiegouniontribun…
As we're back to school in the university quarter system, I'm grateful to the AAUP for gathering AI syllabus language: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul... and this article on LLM impacts on cognitive development: www.media.mit.edu/publications...
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I'm on the bus. The driver sees the woman in front of me duck down and asks her, ma'am are you good? She looks up, and then says yes. Drivers do more than drive. Things a #waymo can never do because the AI support workers got too many cars, too far away, watching thru cams. Local care work, y'all
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