Is AI Killing Your Job? (Meta, Burger King, Jack Dorsey)
AI is starting to reshape the workforce in strange ways from Burger King using AI to coach employees on friendliness to Jack Dorsey cutting 40% of Block’s staff despite rising profits. Hunter and Daniel unpack what these stories reveal about AI job loss, surveillance in the workplace, and whether smaller AI-powered teams are about to become the new normal.
They Might Be Self-Aware · Hunter Powers, Daniel Bishop
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Show Notes
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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