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  "title": "Uber CEO is incredibly bullish position: AI is creating \"employees with superpowers\"",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1to9i9g/uber_ceo_is_incredibly_bullish_position_ai_is/",
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  "upload_date": "20260526",
  "published_at": "2026-05-26T14:59:06+00:00",
  "transcript": "There is a giant misinformation campaign currently on Reddit regarding AI. I want to dispel this: uber is very bullish on AI.\n\nUbers CEO said that they are slowing hiring, not because AI is expensive without an ROI (as other postings here suggest), but because AI is creating \"employees with superpowers\". He even stated that the company had underestimated AI in 2025. Yes, they went through all of their tokens faster than thought, but not because AI is a waste, but because it has improved so fast and been even more useful than thought. See [this article](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-admits-that-company-is-slowing-hiring-and-the-reason-is-ai-says-if-every-person-at-this-company-can-increase-their-productivity-by-/articleshow/130901246.cms#:~:text=During%20the%20company's%20first%2Dquarter,at%20AI%20as%20an%20accelerator) for full quotes.\n\nJust 2 months ago, he went on one of the biggest podcasts in the world, and said that tech CEOs are [not saying publicly the real threat of AI,](https://smarterx.ai/smarterxblog/ceos-publicly-voicing-ai-impact#:~:text=What%20Happened,dries%20up%20fundraising%2C%20he%20says) seeing it as massive disruptor.\n\nSee the full podcast here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52O1JH2tnU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52O1JH2tnU)\n\nI also see quotes from the COO being attribute to the CEO, and the COOs quote are largely out of context. Yes he said AI is expensive, and that using traditional KPIs to measure usefulness are difficult. But this in no way means that Ubers position is bearish on AI, and they are quite the opposite.\n\nLook, I am not saying the CEO is right, or that I support him. Some of his positions seem toxic IMO. But the amount of disinformation I see in this sub and reddit in general regarding AI is really astounding, where people are trying to pretend like AI is a hype that will go away. This is absolutely not what these CEOs are saying (Including Microsoft, which has a competing product to Claude cli, which for sure is the ultimate reason they are telling employees to stop using Claude)\n\nExpect these companies to double down on AI in the coming year.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[39 upvotes] Fascinating, I saw the inverse of this headline the from this same talk.\n\n[26 upvotes] I have a software engineer friend working for Uber in mid level and he told me his productivity increased 90% , he used to do 1 or 2 tasks a day now he does 10 minimum with AI. he does check them but he says 90% of entry level jobs gone already they dont hire anyone and keeping the ones for future senior roles , but he says with the way AI improving most likely mid level positions also will be smaller in the future . future means next 5 years ... \n\n[8 upvotes] The anti-AI misinformation campaign on Reddit is actually concerning. I 100% understand the fears and animosity around the subject but any valid discussion seems to be increasingly drowned out by deliberate misinformation spreading, misinterpretation, and outright propaganda.\n\nI *hate* the comfort everyone seems to have with fake or misleading narratives that reinforce their own biases online or otherwise. So appreciate any correcting of the record.",
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