My company had a speaker come in a year or so ago. He mentioned that a lot of CEOs ask him on the side how many people they can cut once they implement AI. He said his answer is always 0. If AI improves productivity by x%, all companies will increase output by x%. If you cut people, you’ll be behind, staying at your old output level while everyone else is holding down the turbo button.
Of course all of this assumes it actually increases productivity, while keeping quality high, especially in the near term. That’s debatable.