Microsoft data suggests using AI is more expensive than hiring people
68 points by voxadam
by x______________
3 subcomments
Nothing factual in this article, only suppositions and possibilities with reference to MSFT getting rid of claude and Doordash CEO comments a week prior, as the title clearly ..suggests.
by dantodor
2 subcomments
Hire competent people, give them tokens. The two axes are complementary, not competing.
by norome
0 subcomment
The real problem: token overuse triggered the pullback "after internal incentives pushed teams to compete on AI usage." Incentivised to burn money, they burnt too much.