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Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under data centers data centers Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The engineers laid off in AI's name will mostly not find jobs again, they are the first of many, and nobody has a plan for them. The engineers laid off in AI's name willmostly not find jobs again, they are thefirst of many, and nobody has a plan forthem. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current tech layoffs are pandemic over-hiring correcting itself, with AI as the convenient excuse. — tap to centre the map on it The current tech layoffs arepandemic over-hiring correctingitself, with AI as the convenientexcuse. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Jobs will not be replaced outright: AIs will take most of the volume while humans supervise teams of them and handle the rest. — tap to centre the map on it Jobs will not be replaced outright:AIs will take most of the volumewhile humans supervise teams of themand handle the rest. Last stated a year ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that stops hiring new graduates because AI makes juniors look unnecessary will have no senior engineers in a few years' time. — tap to centre the map on it A company that stops hiring newgraduates because AI makes juniorslook unnecessary will have no seniorengineers in a few years' time. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Labour is a huge constraint on the AI build-out, and the way round it is to build data centres as modules in Asian factories rather than on site. — tap to centre the map on it Labour is a huge constraint on theAI build-out, and the way round itis to build data centres as modulesin Asian factories rather than onsite. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-branded layoffs are not about AI;they are about badly run companiesputting an AI label on having hiredtoo many people. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mass unemployment some AI CEOs describe is not going to happen. — tap to centre the map on it The mass unemployment some AI CEOsdescribe is not going to happen. Last stated 5 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some firms are laying people off mainly so as not to look behind on AI, in a cascade of keeping up with the Joneses. — tap to centre the map on it Some firms are laying people offmainly so as not to look behind onAI, in a cascade of keeping up withthe Joneses. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will replace designers, but not all of them. — tap to centre the map on it AI will replace designers, but notall of them. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 5 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The engineers laid off in AI's name will mostly not find jobs again, they are the first of many, and nobody has a plan for them. Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago Holds Steve Yegge Read this korrent →