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Jasmine Sun
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‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonJasmine Sun
AI-linked layoffs are becoming a market signal, though overhiring and weak stocks complicate causality, with Atlassian cutting 10%, Block roughly 40%, and Meta’s reported cuts still speculative.Block shares rose 17% after its layoffs, while Meta paired possible reductions with $135 billion in planned capital expenditure, signaling a shift from payroll toward compute before productivity is proven.Post-training has made chatbots safer but stylistically generic, while token leaderboards risk turning usage into a costly and manipulable productivity metric.