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AI Layoffs Are Becoming Executive Cover, Not Proof of Replacement
The AI layoff story now gives executives a cleaner way to cut payroll, please investors, and move work into weaker contracts.
What AI changes institutionally is the story executives can tell while moving labor off the balance sheet. A layoff framed as automation sounds like adaptation; the same cut framed as contractor conversion sounds like wage discipline. The Bluesky complaint matters because it names the part corporate messaging avoids: the role often does not disappear, but the employment relationship does [1]. That gives management a cleaner pitch to shareholders and a weaker bargain to workers.