This makes me worried about the future of the labor market.
Let's review recent layoffs in the AI field.
Yes, it's worse than you think…
• Entry-level tech jobs: down 67% in one year.
• Since the end of 2022, employment in AI-related jobs for the 22-25 age group has declined by 13%.
• As of January 2026, 79,449 layoffs have been confirmed due to AI (this only includes company-acknowledged layoffs).
• By 2025, AI will cause nearly 55,000 job losses in the US, 12 times the number of AI-related layoffs two years ago.
• By 2025, a total of 1.17 million jobs will be laid off in the US (the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020).
• A study by MIT found that artificial intelligence could already replace 11.7% of jobs in the US labor market (resulting in a $1.2 trillion wage loss).
Recent Layoffs:
• The US government laid off 300,000 employees.
• Amazon laid off 30,000 employees.
• Intel laid off 25,000 employees.
• UPS laid off 78,000 employees.
• Microsoft expects to lay off 15,000 employees by 2025. (Alone)
• Block (Jack Dorsey) laid off 4,000 employees (40% of the total workforce).
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