The claim of enhanced law enforcement through surveillance is a fabrication.

I will gladly give up the illusion of safety for a bit more liberty.

I have zero smart devices in my house and will never have them. There are things I can control and things I can’t but I find the concept of a surveillance state to be abhorrent to the concept of America.

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The claim of enhanced law enforcement through surveillance is a fabrication.

I will gladly give up the illusion of safety for a bit more liberty.

I have zero smart devices in my house and will never have them. There are things I can control and things I can’t but I find the concept of a surveillance state to be abhorrent to the concept of America.

I try to limit buying any type of smart devices but it's getting harder and harder to find essential items that are not smart devices. I remember coming home one afternoon after work and our local power company switched out our power meters for new smart meters. These smart meters can talk directly to many new appliances and devices plugged into wall outlets. The data these smart meters alone collect is frightening.

Meta Axes 8,000 Workers As Zuckerberg Admits AI Is Watching, Replacing Labor

Welcome to another day of corporate America hemorrhaging engineers and other white-collar workers with insurmountable student debt as AI adoption accelerates. This era will likely be remembered in history as the great "white-collar purge," and the response will be continued hatred of data centers.

Bloomberg reports that the new round of layoffs affects roughly 8,000 roles globally, with engineering and product teams expected to be at the center of the cuts as CEO Mark Zuckerberg reduces labor in favor of GPUs.

This latest round of cuts is expected to hit Meta's engineering and product teams in particular, and additional layoffs could come later in the year, said people familiar with the company's plans, who asked not to be named as the information is not public. -BBG

https://www.zerohedge.com/tech...hing-replacing-labor

AI Purge Accelerates: Intuit Reportedly Slashing 17% Of Workforce

Intuit, the company that owns TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mailchimp, is reportedly preparing to lay off a staggering 17% of its workforce according to Reuters, which cites an internal memo.

INTUIT TO LAY OFF 17% OF WORKFORCE: MEMO

Details are scant at the moment regarding the reason for the layoffs, but CEO Sasan Goodarzi sent an email to staff earlier in the day, saying that reducing complexity and simplifying the structure would help it deliver better ​products, to streamline operations and sharpen focus ​on its key bets including its AI efforts.

The company has signed multi-year deals with AI startups Anthropic and ​OpenAI to integrate their AI models into its software and add Intuit's personalized tax, finance, ‌accounting and ⁠marketing capabilities into Claude and ChatGPT.

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...lashing-17-workforce

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Meta Axes 8,000 Workers As Zuckerberg Admits AI Is Watching, Replacing Labor

Welcome to another day of corporate America hemorrhaging engineers and other white-collar workers with insurmountable student debt as AI adoption accelerates. This era will likely be remembered in history as the great "white-collar purge," and the response will be continued hatred of data centers.

Look at the bright side. We should start seeing more qualified workers at Home Depot and the
McDonald's drive-thru.

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AI Purge Accelerates: Intuit Reportedly Slashing 17% Of Workforce

Intuit, the company that owns TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mailchimp, is reportedly preparing to lay off a staggering 17% of its workforce according to Reuters, which cites an internal memo.

Details are scant at the moment regarding the reason for the layoffs, but CEO Sasan Goodarzi sent an email to staff earlier in the day, saying that reducing complexity and simplifying the structure would help it deliver better ​products, to streamline operations and sharpen focus ​on its key bets including its AI efforts.

The company has signed multi-year deals with AI startups Anthropic and ​OpenAI to integrate their AI models into its software and add Intuit's personalized tax, finance, ‌accounting and ⁠marketing capabilities into Claude and ChatGPT.

Imagine having AI spy on your TurboTax and Quicken programs.

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Details are scant at the moment regarding the reason for the layoffs, but CEO Sasan Goodarzi sent an email to staff earlier in the day, saying that reducing complexity and simplifying the structure would help it deliver better ​products, to streamline operations and sharpen focus ​on its key bets including its AI efforts.

Time for some CEOs to be replaced with AI, save the company a little money.
AI Overview
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi makes an annual total compensation of approximately$36.85 million.
The vast majority of this figure is tied to company performance and long-term equity, structured as follows:Base Salary: $1.2 million.
Stock, Options, & Incentives: Around $35.65 million.
(includes bonuses, equity awards, and pension benefits)For more context on executive pay and company growth, you can review the Intuit Leadership & Management Analysis or view the Intuit Executive Compensation details.