Tag: AI

I've been tracking AI-driven layoffs for the past few months and something doesn't add up. Block cut 4,000 people (40% of workforce). Atlassian cut 1,600. Shopify told employees to prove AI can't do their job before asking for headcount. The script is always the same: CEO cites AI, stock ticks up. But then you look at the numbers. S&P Global found 42% of companies abandoned their AI initiatives in 2025, up from 17% the year before. A separate survey found 55% of CEOs who fired people "because of AI" already regret it. Klarna bragged AI could replace 700 employees, then quietly started hiring humans back when quality tanked. What I keep seeing across the research is that AI compressed execution speed dramatically; prototyping that took weeks now takes hours. But the coordination layer (...

The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a long day at the world’s most groundbreaking artificial intelligence organization, I’ll go to bed and have the weirdest dreams where people from the future are sobbing and begging me to change course. Anyone else ever have these? submitted by /u/Burgerb [link] [comments]