Yeah, they're probably keeping the people who allow them to automate and are laying off the people who, otherwise, need to do the work manually / semi-manually

Yeah, they're probably keeping the people who allow them to automate and are laying off the people who, otherwise, need to do the work manually / semi-manually when there is no automation. Anytime you automate something that someone is doing manually, and you're automating it so well, there's a good chance what you build might replace the people doing it.