I think the AI job extermination narrative has so much traction right now because it's a convenient cover story for layoffs. Every tech CEO is talking about how

I think the AI job extermination narrative has so much traction right now because it's a convenient cover story for layoffs. Every tech CEO is talking about how they're replacing jobs with AI but I don't see stories on HN about how any of these jobs are being replaced with AI. Thar doesn't mean AI won't replace jobs. I don't know the scale, but it certainly will replace some jobs at least. Just probably not the ones we're currently losing.