Silicon Valley wants to replace all human workers? That’s not a headline, it’s a business model.
This week on Paper Cut:
🤖 AI: Eliminate as Many Humans as Possible
🧱 Middle Management Gets the Axe
📉 Global Confidence Collapses
🚫 Gen Z Opts Out of Leadership
As tech elites pitch an AI-powered world with no humans required, the workforce is left wondering: where do we fit in? From sweeping layoffs to a quiet rebellion against the ladder, this week’s headlines are a masterclass in future-of-work disruption.
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🔗 Links From This Episode
🤖 AI: Eliminate as Many Humans as Possible
• The Guardian: Silicon Valley wants to replace all human labour
• GitHub CEO: Humans still matter (for now)
https://thenewstack.io/github-ceo-on-why-well-still-need-human-programmers/
• Amazon: New human jobs in an AI world
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/amazon-offers-peek-at-new-human-jobs-in-an-ai-bot-world/
• Alibaba: AI will be the backbone of operations in 3–5 years
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🧱 The Middle Cuts: Career Purgatory Gets the Axe
• Amazon CEO: Cut middle managers who “fingerprint everything”
• More middle managers facing layoffs
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/working-life/leadership/more-middle-managers-are-being-laid
• TD Magazine: Middling Returns—The middle manager dilemma
https://www.td.org/content/td-magazine/middling-returns
• Microsoft: Global 3% headcount reduction
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/microsoft-to-cut-3-of-jobs-worldwide/
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📉 Global Layoffs & Confidence Collapse
• Nissan to cut 20,000 jobs globally
• Reuters: 10,000+ job cuts at Nissan confirmed
• Panasonic
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