{"id":3448,"date":"2025-07-06T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/managers-using-ai-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T13:00:42","slug":"managers-using-ai-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/managers-using-ai-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosses Are Using AI to Decide Who to Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Though most signs are telling us artificial intelligence isn’t taking anyone’s jobs, employers are still using the tech to justify layoffs<\/a>, outsource work to the global South<\/a>, and scare workers into submission<\/a>. But that’s not all \u2014 a growing number of employers are using AI not just as an excuse to downsize, but are giving it the final say in who gets axed.<\/p>\n

That’s according to a survey of 1,342 managers<\/a> by ResumeBuilder.com, which runs a blog dedicated to HR. Of those surveyed, 6 out of 10 admitted to consulting a large language model (LLM) when deciding on major HR decisions affecting their employees.<\/p>\n

Per the report, 78 percent said they consulted a chatbot to decide whether to award an employee a raise, while 77 percent said they used it to determine promotions.<\/p>\n

And a staggering 66 percent said an LLM like ChatGPT helped them make decisions on layoffs; 64 percent said they’d turned to AI for advice on terminations.<\/p>\n

To make things more unhinged, the survey recorded that nearly 1 in 5 managers frequently let their LLM have the final say on decisions \u2014 without human input.<\/p>\n

Over half the managers in the survey used ChatGPT, with Microsoft’s Copilot and Google’s Gemini coming in second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

The numbers paint a grim picture, especially when you consider the LLM sycophancy problem \u2014 an issue where LLMs generate flattering responses that reinforce their user’s predispositions. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is notorious<\/a> for its brown nosing, so much so that it was forced to address the problem<\/a> with a special update.<\/p>\n

Sycophancy is an especially glaring issue if ChatGPT alone is making the decision that could upend someone’s livelihood. Consider the scenario where a manager is seeking an excuse to fire an employee, allowing an LLM to confirm their prior notions and effectively pass the buck onto the chatbot.<\/p>\n

AI brownnosing is already having some devastating social consequences. For example, some people who have become convinced<\/a> that LLMs are truly sentient \u2014 which might have something to do with the “artificial intelligence” branding \u2014 have developed what’s being called “ChatGPT psychosis<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Folks consumed by ChatGPT have experienced severe mental health crises<\/a>, characterized by delusional breaks from reality. Though ChatGPT’s only been on the market for a little under three years, it’s already being blamed for causing divorces, job loss, homelessness, and in some cases, involuntary commitment in psychiatric care facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And that’s all without mentioning LLMs’ knack for hallucinations<\/a> \u2014 a not-so-minor problem where the chatbots spit out made-up gibberish in order to provide an answer, even if it’s totally wrong. As LLM chatbots consume more data, they also become more prone<\/a> to these hallucinations, meaning the issue is likely only going to get worse as time goes on.<\/p>\n

When it comes to potentially life-altering choices like who to fire and who to promote, you’d be better off rolling a dice \u2014 and unlike LLMs<\/a>, at least you’ll know the odds.<\/p>\n

More on LLMs:<\/strong> OpenAI Admits That Its New Model Still Hallucinates More Than a Third of the Time<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Bosses Are Using AI to Decide Who to Fire<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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