Ask HN: If AI boosts productivity so much, why would a company lay anyone off?
ex-aws-dude Saturday, February 28, 2026Say 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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