Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    4 months

    If they didn’t use AI and instead actively choice to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems unfairly, that seems almost worse. Like, they’re just admitting to discrimination, aren’t they?

    It’s like being accused of exercising poor gun safety leading to someone’s death and saying, “I exercise perfect gun safety, I actively chose to shoot them!”

    • DigDoug@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4 months

      That’s the point. They knew who they wanted to fire, but this way they can try to hide behind “the AI did it”.

      And since they’re a gigantic company, I’d wager that defence will be successful.

      • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
        4 months

        I think it’s simpler than that. They believed their own AI PR bullshit, huffed their own farts, and management thought they could get paid more to do less, offloading decisions.

        Don’t ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.