@Poli_Tics
#Poilievre has already demonstrated by his actions (ignore his words) that he’s in sync with other Conservative factions on issues like #ReproductiveFreedom, #TransgenderHealthcare, #IndigenousRights & title, #Immigration
#AcademicFreedom, and #WorkersRights

We should fully expect him to toe the line with the international Conservative agenda on these issues.

I have a little bit more time so lets start with a layoff done "right".

Back in September 2024 Microsoft laid off "650 roles across Microsoft Gaming" they had severance, extended healthcare, and outplacement services. The reasoning was "streamlining" and "sustainable future growth". Why people had to be fired for growth I'll never understand, but they had just purchased Activision and I guess they wanted to change the structure.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242695/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-650-employees

This is where my clear tech workers bias shows. This shit has been prevalent in transportation, retail, chain restaurants, factory work, anywhere they have high turnover or hire and fire large groups of people regularly. I had Neighbor’s kids answer weird personality questions with the camera on to judge their fit for a role. That was for an analyst role at a large financial institution before this recent AI takeover!

So, no training and a clear message that people who were doing their job well without AI were no longer considered to be performing.

Will AI models be used to analyze a profile of each worker to see if they “fit”? If the people doing the reporting are doing their newly defined job, then absolutely.

Shopify and other places… have publicly been reported to say that AI usage metrics are going to be used in performance reviews. (With memos obviously not vetted by HR.) This is a new job requirement and in Shopify’s case employees were directed to engage in self learning on their own time.

From what I can tell surveillance AI is a mix of traditional machine learning, normal database usage and prompts to describe what someone thinks they’re looking for. We don’t need AI for surveillance (workplace or otherwise) but I think it makes it less reliable and more accessible.

90% accurate and 100% more capable.

“Show me people who are complaining about leadership in slack, or on zoom”. It won’t have any nuance but oh my it’s been trained with examples of complaints.