‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
The Hard Fork podcast discusses a wave of tech layoffs at companies like Atlassian, Block, and Meta, with AI cited as a contributing factor, while also exploring why AI chatbots still struggle with compelling writing and the rise of internal 'token leaderboards' that track employee AI usa
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