That’s the same thing. AI is cheaper, hence you lay people off because they cost more.

I know. Seeing the hype reach and rattle executives is always kind of funny.

My (tech savvy) mum talked about the "automation" buzzword which allegedly reduced demand for Indian tech workers.

If you bother to download LM Studio,fire up a model and start playing with it and looking into the details you will be smacked in the face with the enormity of the technology and how many man hours it is going to take to actually make good on it in every company.

It will create far more jobs than it eliminates. And yes, the purpose is to remove jobs and make skilled people more effective.

I realized that one day when we have a breakthrough in energy production and battery tech it will usher in an age where we have robots that can move about, find energy sources, and have the knowledge and capability to reproduce themselves. Whatever we all write online and offline will be the sum of that beings' knowledge as it eventually makes its way into the cosmos without us. We are the creator.