Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

  • mycodesucks
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    10 hours ago

    “Look, if I’d laid him off because he took sick leave, that would be illegal, but I didn’t lay him off because he took sick leave, I laid him off because AI told me to lay him off. And AI is smart. You can’t tell me it wasn’t a good decision.”

    Repeat across the entire economy

    “We don’t need AI to be functional - we just need it to give us answers we want and convince enough people that it’s giving those answers because it’s better than us.”

    • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub
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      7 hours ago

      Aren’t people using AI responsible for anything the AI does these days? Legally you can’t say AI said, legally it’s you who said it.

      • Rothe@piefed.social
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        4 hours ago

        Everything is legal if you are a big corporation in the US. So yes, they can say that.