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US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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The other firms being suspended from the program include Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro.

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[–] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I thought they didn't need skilled employees anymore because AI is replacing all their skilled jobs.

Once again.. Actually, Indians.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    To your point, I think this will have the following effects:

    • they move jobs abroad
    • they use even more AI

    Effects it will definitely not have:

    • creating jobs for Americans
    • keeping American jobs in America

    They really couldn't do a worse job for Americans if they tried.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    It just depends on which "Americans" for whom you're expecting them to do a good job. The effects you're predtwill probably make quarterly Lines Go Up, and therefore are good for a targeted subset of Americans.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    They need "prompt engineers" (or as Jon Stewarts calls em, "types-question guys") and they need competent human beings who know what they're doing to fix the shit the machine produces... for now.

    Big Tech's bet is that AI becomes good enough to do away with types-question guys and competent people altogether. But we're not there yes. Hence, Indians.

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