Microsoft's reported 60,000 voluntary exits spark essay asking who AI is really for
_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-10-27
Reacting to reports that Microsoft offered voluntary exits to around 60,000 employees, the author published an essay titled "Who Are We Building Artificial Intelligence For?"
Key points:
- Society is built so people need jobs to live, yet we're building machines that need fewer people to get the job done.
- The race toward superhuman intelligence is accelerating without clarity on what it means for human lives.
- The essay asks: who is this future actually being built for?
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