These Workers Created AI — Now They Are Being Fired By It

Written by Fabio Lucas Carvalho

Published on 01/07/2025 at 08:42

Updated on 01/07/2025 at 08:44

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With Accelerated Progress, Reports Reveal How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Affecting Technology Workers and Entry-Level Positions

The presence of artificial intelligence in workplaces is no longer a distant concept.

Recent reports show that the replacement of professionals by AI models is already happening in well-known companies.

The promise of efficiency comes with layoffs and devaluation of those who built their careers.

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The Code Is Being Mistreated

A software engineer at Google reported that reliance on AI is harming code quality.

Young programmers may be relying too much on machines, while more experienced ones are stopping to think deeply. The result would be a growing volume of poor code.

According to him, this massive production affects the entire software sector chain, including people who weren’t part of the process but rely on what was developed.

Layoffs and Toxic Environment

Another report comes from a former Dropbox employee. The company allegedly eliminated his role after the creation of Dash, the new AI assistant of the company.

The interviewee stated that the sector is “absolutely toxic” and that, even while trying to find a new position, he hasn’t received any feedback.

To him, mass layoffs due to AI are not a temporary phenomenon but part of a deeper and more concerning change.

The Machine as Marketing Director

The most symbolic case came from a marketing professional. He reported that his boss decided to appoint ChatGPT as the new head of the department.

According to him, the model “was not outperforming us” and only produced poor content. The worst part, however, was seeing a colleague use AI as a weapon to humiliate an employee with decades of experience.

After that, the company fired the human marketing director and other team members. The replacement occurred even without superior results.

The Risk of Destroying the Foundation

The stories are piling up. The problem, according to reports, is not just the arrival of AI, but the speed at which it is being imposed.

Even without functioning reliably, employers have dismissed dozens of people with years of accumulated knowledge.

Instead of investing in the training of new talent, companies are opting for the quickest solution — but perhaps the most destructive.

If this pace continues, the risk is losing the foundations of industries before even creating social solutions like universal basic income. The adjustment will be inevitable — and all indications are that it will not be simple.

These Workers Created AI — Now They Are Being Fired By It

With Accelerated Progress, Reports Reveal How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Affecting Technology Workers and Entry-Level Positions

The Code Is Being Mistreated

Layoffs and Toxic Environment

The Machine as Marketing Director

The Risk of Destroying the Foundation

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These Workers Created AI — Now They Are Being Fired By It

With Accelerated Progress, Reports Reveal How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Affecting Technology Workers and Entry-Level Positions

The Code Is Being Mistreated

Layoffs and Toxic Environment

The Machine as Marketing Director

The Risk of Destroying the Foundation

While an average building in London or New York takes three years to be completed, in China a 26-story tower went up in five days with about 100 workers, and the global modular construction market already moves US$ 95 billion per year.

Australia installs giant concrete structures on the seabed 800 meters from the shore to create an ocean intake for desalination that will draw in saltwater and produce 30 million liters of drinking water per day.

While a traditional school may take several days just to raise walls, in Malawi a 3D-printed school had its structure ready in 18 hours, welcomed children in June, and showed a new solution to the lack of classrooms.

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