The Enterprise AI Loop: Layoffs Followed by Rehiring Humans to Manage Agents
sull · x · 2026-07-28
The author summarized the cyclical pattern companies are falling into during the AI wave, with a slightly sarcastic "optimistic" take:
- Deploy Agents: Companies have humans deploy AI agents.
- Layoffs: They lay off the humans.
- Rely on Agents: They rely on and deploy more AI agents.
- Rehire: They eventually hire humans back to manage all their AI agents.
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