Klarna fired 700 employees last year because the CEO thought “AI” would replace all their work. A year later, they wanted to hire those people again.
Turns out AI is not so intelligent.
Recently, James Watt asked the question:
“What’s left for humans when AI does everything better?”
He makes the case that, “the barista, the accountant, the professor, the CEO, the creative director – we’re all in the same boat now. AI isn’t just coming for “low-skilled” jobs. It’s coming for the Nobel Prize winners, the Fortune 500 CEOs, the world’s best doctors.”
I really don’t think LLMs are going to pour my coffee at Starbucks anytime soon.
But the rest, sure. But not because AI is smarter in any way.
But because CEOs are on an endless road to promote growth at all costs. And they need employee loyalty and retention until of course employees become disposable by AI.
The one group exempt from this: CEOs. Maybe Klarna’s CEO could have asked AI if it should have fired 700 people. CEOs are never questioned about their poor decisions made so confidently that upends the lives of hundreds and thousands.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if AI is going to replace you or not. Most business “leaders” are looking to replace us no matter what (read more about this from my post a few days back).
The only option left: we start to create our own conscious path to success. Our own road that’s inspired by own skills, creativity, interest, and desire to contribute.
Video about that coming soon by the way.
Let me know what you think. And if this point is of interest to you, let me know. I’m putting together a private group discussion where we figure out what’s next for us.
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