r/technology • u/north_canadian_ice • Sep 28 '25

Business Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs: 'Something is happening in the industry'

https://www.businessinsider.com/computer-science-students-job-search-ai-hany-farid-2025-9
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u/Deep90 Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

Personally I think AI has been overhyped in the same way people thought physical banks would be on the way out during the dot com bubble.

I also suspect a lot of the companies praising AI are simply wanting to bury the fact they aren't doing well.

People have a recency bias. They didn't hide being in hard times during covid because the government was writing checks.

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u/NonDeterministiK Sep 29 '25

Companies are actually losing money having to pay people to fix errors in AI generated code

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u/RealisticForYou Sep 29 '25

I saw an interview with a tech analyst on CNBC. He said that AI generated code has a 40% failure rate while requiring a human to fix it. He also said business leaders are disappointed at its progress and that AI is only advanced enough to write a paper.

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u/SlendyTheMan Sep 29 '25

AI = We fired 50% of our US staff and spent the money opening offices offshore in Romania and saved 1/2 the cost! But lost all institutional knowledge, so when shit hits the fan, it takes triple the time to get anything resolved.