IBM quietly erased hundreds of HR professionals in early 2025. No viral outrage. Just algorithmic mathematics and the cold whisper of replacement.

The chessboard fractured. AI handles 94% of their conversations now—11.5 million human exchanges reduced to digital echoes. This isn't evolution. It's a coup in the cubicles, spreading like infected code through corporate America's bloodstream.

Jim Stroud dissects the psychological battlefield where efficiency devours humanity. When fear creeps into 30% of employees who taste their own obsolescence approaching—the real threat isn't AI taking jobs. It's companies choosing cold calculation over warm pulse.

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