Thread regarding General Motors layoffs

Don't worry GM has no clue how to utilize ai, virtual or any other emerging tech. You have years before ai figures out how to sit at a desk in an office and hide.

Can AI fill a toilet bowl to the brim like me? No.

"They know they can't make the dates and get the work done with the skeleton crew we have left. The answer can't be to just address the failure by yet more firing. You can see the dilemma right?"

What dilemma? They are trying to su-k as much money as possible out of the company now for themselves. The long term health of the company is not their concern.
Maybe there might be another government bailout. If not, the shareholders and executive management will just move to another company. Their expertise is probably in 'management' or 'investment', not in building cars.

Time for management to hand out pamphlets with catchy morale-boosting slogans

@as
I understand your cynicism.
I respectfully disagree with the idea that managers never take the fall. In engineering we have lost many managers in October and the ones that are left are very worried. They know they can't make the dates and get the work done with the skeleton crew we have left. The answer can't be to just address the failure by yet more firing. You can see the dilemma right? They are responsible for deliverables. If they fail, they are in the bottom 5.
After the ignition fiasco, if engineering fails in a way that causes GM government scrutiny and public outrage, it's even worse. Firing people who are stretched too thin would be like going to the casino when you know you can't make rent.

"The only thing better than a half price employee is a zero cost employee."
When has this ever been a reality? Even with slav3ry, the owner had to feed & house the staff. Robots are usually confined to a single task, and still require parts, maintenance & energy. 3rd world labor is still a cost. Even AI is a cost. Someone has to pay for the service, training, etc. and AI doesn't run by itself. Someone has to apply it.
To extend the logic - the very point of the OP was to say that "You can’t cut staff, shorten timelines, and ignore safety concerns without causing systemic failure." It's pretty obvious this is where we are headed with the cuts from 2025. Now it's all about to unfold.

Managers never take the fall. The people under them do.

And while poor planning and offshorng are big problems, AI is too.

The SLT will increase layoffs as AI becomes more capable, including in overseas locations.

The only thing better than a half price employee is a zero cost employee.