3 weeks ago
Sat Feb 28, 2026 6:13pm PST
Ask HN: If AI boosts productivity so much, why would a company lay anyone off?
Say hypothetically the productivity boost from AI is 2x per employee and a company has 10,000 employees.

Wouldn't number of employees be a huge point of leverage?

Why would you do a layoff when your 10,000 employees are now equivalent to 20,000

Aren't you technically in the best possible position for growth?

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