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> If I employ 100 people, and AI makes them 10% more productive, then I only need 90 people now to do the same work.

I think it's yet to be seen that AI actually makes people 10% more productive, and further, that getting a task done 10% faster actually means they have 10% more time that is actually used for additional tasks.

And more bluntly: I think if it actually were happening, it'd be a lot more plainly obvious to all of us. The pressure from the C-suite to integrate AI into our workflows has been widely noted.



It would be insanely obvious if this was actually happening but instead we are seeing a massive economic downturn

So it's all fairy tales and unicorn farts as far as I'm concerned




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