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I don't think anyone is being laid off because of AI. People are being laid off because the market is bad for a myriad of reasons, and companies are blaming AI

I don't think anyone is being laid off because of AI. People are being laid off because the market is bad for a myriad of reasons, and companies are blaming AI because it helps them deflect worry that might lower their stock price. Companies say "we've laid people off because we're using AI,x but they mean "we had to lay people off, were hoping we can make up for them with AI."

hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
> I don't think anyone is being laid off because of AI. I think that's demonstratively false. While many business leaders may be overstating it, there are some pretty clear cut cases of people losing their jobs to AI. Here are 2 articles from the Washington Post from 2 years ago: https://archive.vn/C5syl https://archive.vn/C5syl "ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners." https://archive.vn/cFWmX https://archive.vn/cFWmX "ChatGPT provided better customer service than his staff. He fired them."