Thread regarding Optum layoffs

AI spend and Layoffs

What exactly AI $2 billion spend is achieving? Is it another Block Chain MJ fiasco? Looks like wrapper around codex, claude code at best.

Meantime layoffs are accelerating with a false promise and spend on AI

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Jen Z just announced they're using quantum computing for an M&R project. A Nobel Prize is obviously en route. At this point, leadership isn't even pretending to be grounded—they’ve completely given up the act. How low does the bar have to drop before they realize they are the punchline?

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Post ID: @ma+1m2r63h9c

Only true roi will be offshoring and cutting teams they think can now still operate with half the employees

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Post ID: @ky+1m2r63h9c

Apparently the mission is now "make healthcare better with AI". It should just be "make healthcare better, period" and let teams organically discover the tech that works best for them, not force it everywhere. But let's be real, it's all just a farce anyway - UHG lobbies against M4A which would make healthcare much better (see the recent Yale study https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/).

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Post ID: @at+1m2r63h9c

might as well get 2b worth of cash and light it on fire, that would be more entertaining

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Post ID: @ak+1m2r63h9c

It's enabling the offshoring of more jobs.

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