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Stunning new data reveals 140% layoff spike in July, with almost half connected to AI and 'technological updates' (fortune.com)

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[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

For every job lost to AI, companies should be taxed and that tax should go to UBI. But I’m sure this will never happen and we’re just going to have an all out, bloody class war in five years, which I’m ok with.