The pattern in American tech has been hard to miss. Companies announce sweeping AI investments, then lay off workers in the same breath or in the same quarter. The message is rarely subtle: we’re automating this, and you’re the cost savings that fund it. Meta, Microsoft, Google — the list of companies simultaneously cutting headcount and pouring billions into AI infrastructure keeps growing. The logic is treated as self evident. AI is the future , humans are overhead, and the...
