AI job loss is here. Jack Dorsey just laid off 40% of Block despite rising profits — blaming AI. Are smaller AI-powered teams about to replace everyone?

Burger King is testing AI that listens to workers in the drive-thru. Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses may send private footage to human reviewers. And the DMV just proved AI can’t tell the difference between Spanish… and a Spanish accent.

Welcome to the weird early days of AI replacing jobs.

This week on They Might Be Self-Aware, Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop break down the biggest signals coming out of the AI economy — from AI job cuts to the rise of AI-managed workers.

We cover:

• The Jack Dorsey layoffs and why Block stock surged
• The hidden world of human annotators reviewing AI data
• The Meta Ray-Ban privacy leak and AI training data
• Burger King’s AI assistant coaching fast-food employees
• And the uncomfortable question nobody wants to answer:

If AI makes workers 10× more productive… why wouldn’t companies hire 90% fewer people?

The AI revolution may not explode overnight.

It might just quietly delete jobs one team at a time.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 AI Job Loss Panic Begins – Gary’s intro and the growing fear that AI is replacing human jobs
01:13 Is AI Replacing Jobs? – Hunter and Daniel break down the AI job loss debate
02:02 DMV AI Translation Fail – Washington DMV AI mistakes Spanish for a Spanish accent
11:45 Burger King AI Monitoring Workers – Drive-thru AI coaching employees on friendliness
17:18 Jack Dorsey Block Layoffs Explained – Why Block cut 40% of staff despite rising profits

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