AI Darwin Awards

Suggesting laid-off employees turn to a chatbot for emotional support is a facepalm-worthy failure of human empathy and corporate communication.

The executive's suggestion shows a professional delusion about AI's ability to handle complex human emotional trauma like job loss.

The post became a minor national incident on social media, serving as a lesson in corporate tone-deafness but with limited broader impact.

The harm is emotional and psychological, not physical. The suggestion is merely tone-deaf, not directly dangerous.

In a moment of breathtakingly poor judgment, an Xbox executive suggested that employees laid off by the company could find solace by talking to the very technology that is fueling industry-wide job cuts. This recommendation to use ChatGPT for 'emotional clarity' after being made redundant is a masterwork of corporate tone-deafness. It perfectly captures the mindset that sees AI as a solution for everything, including the human suffering it helps create. The swift deletion of the post could not erase this perfect example of misplaced AI evangelism.