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The AI Layoff Receipts
This article explores do layoffs for AI actually help a business in the long run. We analyze 1000s of transcripts and stock filings to look at the data - the answer is depressing.
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OpenAI has the governance structure of a unicorn - it does not exist
OpenAI built its brand on responsible governance. The internal record says otherwise. A web of 400 portfolio companies, a venture fund Sam owned without the board's knowledge, and a pattern of deals that keep landing in his favor.
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Women Get Hit Twice in Tech Layoffs
Women are 25% of the tech workforce but took 45-47% of layoffs. Now AI-usage scores are becoming a retention criterion, and a Harvard meta-analysis of 143,000 people found women have 22% lower odds of using generative AI, not from lack of interest but lack of encouragement. Same group, twice.
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AI and the Productivity Fallacy
Klarna replaced 700 agents with a chatbot, became the poster child for AI productivity, then quietly hired humans back after quality collapsed and the CEO admitted they'd "gone too far." The pattern is repeating across the industry while the actual productivity data remains vanishingly thin.
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The Survivor's Paradox: How Layoffs Turn Companies Into Yes-Machines
After layoffs, every remaining employee runs the same calculation: agree with the exec, ship what they want, never push back. Meta's own staff flagged nobody used Horizon Worlds before the first cuts landed, and the company burned another $75 billion on metaverse losses before calling it.
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AI Is Not Original, And It Can't Be
Generative AI predicts the most statistically likely output from its training data, which means everything it creates pulls toward the middle of what already exists. If the technology had existed in the age of the horse and cart, it would have given you a better cart, never a car.