Heavy AI adoption correlates with more hiring, not fewer jobs. A new study directly contradicts the narrative pushed by figures like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Block CEO Jack Dorsey, who cited AI as justification for cutting 40% of his staff.
The data matters because the layoffs-from-AI story has moved from speculation to policy. Executives are using it to make real workforce decisions. This study puts hard numbers against that assumption and the methodology is worth scrutinizing closely.
Read the full piece to understand what kinds of companies were studied, what the adoption thresholds looked like, and whether the hiring gains were concentrated in technical roles or distributed across functions. The conclusion is not the whole story.
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