AI is too nascent to be the sole reason for so many layoffs. Emulating HR is about all it can be trusted to do autonomously. Old people (50+) and troublemakers

AI is too nascent to be the sole reason for so many layoffs. Emulating HR is about all it can be trusted to do autonomously. Old people (50+) and troublemakers (PIPs) comprised the entirety of my own company's most recent layoff round. They're not even trying to hide it anymore. My hunch is that [America] is laying off domestic engineers so we can outsource more of the positions to India during the next hiring phase. If anything, AI is playing middleman in flattening a lot of the communication hurdles.