xiaoyu2006 an hour ago

It's not about "this time's different" but rather "the recovery will take too long to an individual" if AI is indeed replacing humans as currently hyped by the model companies.

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zozbot234 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

There's no evidence that AI is replacing human jobs to any real extent. We're just seeing AI being blamed for ordinary layoffs that have more to do with broad economic instability.

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10xDev an hour ago | parent [-]

Actually you can for entry level jobs. You also shouldn't just look at unemployment but underemployment.

>Overall, 42% of recent college graduates were classified as underemployed, the highest level since 2020.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/02/23/unem...

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zozbot234 an hour ago | parent [-]

Entry-level jobs are the easiest to get rid of in any layoffs. This doesn't look like anything genuinely new.

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galangalalgol an hour ago | parent [-]

Haven't swe layoffs usually targeted more experienced devs?

	▲	gregorygoc 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No

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Root_Denied 33 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This seems a bit like a corollary to "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent". On the timescales that matter to an individual it won't matter if the eventual conclusion is that AI can't fully replace workers, because companies are going to do their damnedest to try.

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beepbopboopp an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean you could have written this article for mechanization word for word, I think the difference is that its coming for the white collar folks this time, who also are the folks writing the think pieces and media.

	▲	jonners00 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You couldn't have. Mechanical machines couldn't organise themselves into human-free supply chains that are economically productive for the owners of capital. AIs could.