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Even this headline is spin! They fired no one, they just turned it off.
Really glad I'm not the first to come here and say this. We're "firing" programs now? Come on.
It's 2024.
Whenever there's a controversy the company can just 'fire' a few AI generated 'employees' and half of the dumdums reading the news will feel satisfied
Does the ai get a severance
They probably pay residual electrical bills to keep the server on. Not sure if that counts.
Maybe they spent a lot of money hiring her and are sore about it?
Murder!
Reporter tries to respect new robot overlord. Is SLAMMED in comments.
Ai unemployment is at an all time high!
Well, I suppose >0 technically an all-time high for AI...
The affected hard drives were burned in a fire.