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Net net, there will be more jobs and more companies, but companies will get smaller and will do layoffs — 100 percent sure.
Masad gives a candid prediction about AI's impact on employment: more jobs overall and more companies, but individual companies will be smaller and layoffs are certain, paired with sympathy for displaced workers. ✦ AI generated
Amjad Masad · Platformer · 2026-08-07 · original ↗
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“Let me ask about jobs. Eugenia Kuyda at Wabi told me she's only hiring star athletes — everything else gets outsourced to a contractor. James Manyika at Google sees AI as a force that will open up more and more jobs. Where do you fall?”
I think net net, there's going to be more jobs, but also there's going to be more companies. But companies will get smaller, and they will do layoffs — 100% sure.
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