The AI bubble is so big that it's draining useful investment from the rest of the economy. Hundreds of thousands of people are getting fired so billionaires can try to add a few more zeros to their bank account.
The best investment we can make would be to send the billionaires and AI researchers to an island somewhere and not let them leave until they develop an AI that's actually useful. In the meanwhile, the rest of us get to live productive lives.
There probably are a few nuts out there that actually fired people to be replaced with AI, I feel like that won't go well for them
There really is no evidence.
I'll say its okay to be reserved on this, since we won't know until after the fact, but give it 6-12 months, then we'll know for sure. Until then, I see no reason not to believe there is a culture in the boardrooms forming around AI that is driving closed door conversations about reducing headcount specifically to be replaced by AI.
[0]: https://gizmodo.com/the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-2000635294
(I am an AI optimist, by the by. But that is not one of its success stories.)