the AI layoff trap

[2603.20617] The AI Layoff Trap

one of the more fascinating reads in recent months. i had to goo^h^h^hDDG something every couple of paragraphs. this was also referenced in The Dead Economy Theory - by Owen McGrann - The Palimpsest (TDET) which also happens to lean heavily on Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass - The New York Times. all worth spending time on and working through in detail. TDET is clearly coming from the perspective of someone who’s poking at this themselves and reading widely on the topic. i suspect the writeup has triggered all sorts of vitrol.

there’s no small amount of shit to unpack in all of these articles. to say that we’re societally unprepared for any of this probably goes without saying. though i was amused by the TDET tagline We can laugh at them but we have to take this seriously. which is, unfortunately, very true.