Layoffs at Atlassian, Block, Amazon are Misleading. AI Alone Is Not The Story.

Despite the articles and Anthropic task automation research, AI is not eliminating nearly as many jobs as you think. These are basic business transformations.

In the last few weeks we saw Block Inc., Atlassian, Amazon, and a slew of other tech firms lay off large numbers of engineers, claiming “miraculous productivity improvements” from AI.

(we must all become chameleons who can adapt to the AI around us)

While AI is likely to make most engineers and business people more productive, a company that lets 20-30% o…