Ask HN: Are you scared of AI and advancements in next few years?
Hacker News - AI
Jul 4, 2025 20:28
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Summary
The article expresses growing anxiety about AI-driven job losses, particularly in software engineering, as automation and outsourcing threaten employment stability. It highlights concerns that tech companies and investors benefit from smaller teams and higher profits, potentially leading to more layoffs and economic hardship for workers. The discussion raises broader questions about the societal impact of rapid AI advancements and the need for safeguards to protect affected employees.
We saw almost 750k layoffs since 2022. Where are all these people finding jobs? When I see r/layoffs on reddit, people are literally crying. Many are searching jobs for months and probably a year or so. I had someone beg job to me on customer discovery call. I was really sad that person was in that state but I could not help since we are hiring for last 18 months. All job positions are fake or stale. VCs and especially Silicon Valley juggernauts are salivating over the fact that they can have 10 people team create a trillon dollar software and thus supermaxing their investment. If AI automates even 20% of software engineering jobs, do you think we will survive with more layoffs and downturns? What about regular software folks, sales, and marketing folks? I find it extremely disturbing that companies are allowed to raise in the US and then outsource jobs to India. That's how you get scamsters like Soham. Whole thing could be a manufactured PR similar to what Cluely (Chunging Lee) did. S