Mastodawn

Ah, the tech industry's latest existential #crisis 🙄—AI Job Grief, because apparently, losing your job to a robot now warrants its own special term. Forget about the actual human suffering, let's focus on coining a catchy phrase instead 📈.
https://jackmaguire.org/blog/ai-job-grief/ #AIJobGrief #TechIndustry #JobLoss #RobotImpact #HumanSuffering #HackerNews #ngated

AI Job Grief: The Unnamed Psychological Crisis Hitting Tech Workers

Across hundreds of Reddit threads and a small body of clinical literature, AI-driven displacement is producing an emotional category that most closely resembles grief, and the institutions causing it have no language for it.

Hacker News 4d ago

AI Job Grief: The Unnamed Psychological Crisis Hitting Tech Workers

https://jackmaguire.org/blog/ai-job-grief/

#HackerNews #AIJobGrief #TechWorkers #MentalHealth #PsychologicalCrisis #JobLoss

AI Job Grief: The Unnamed Psychological Crisis Hitting Tech Workers

Kevin Dominik Korte May 22

Let's be honest. In most of these layoffs, AI is just a convenient excuse, much like McKinsey was before ChatGPT. As such, AI-proofing your job will do nothing to protect you. However, it might help find the next opportunity, as it shows that you are still willing and capable of learning.
#AI #learning #jobloss
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/tech/how-to-ai-proof-your-job

How to AI -proof your job

Meta. Nike. Intuit. UPS. It seems every day a new company announces layoffs, often citing AI as the cause. AI is already reducing US monthly payroll growth by roughly 16,000 jobs in the past year, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report.

CNN

ResearchBuzz: Firehose May 22

CapRadio: After AI layoffs, Newsom orders state government to find ways to ease the pain. “Amid tech layoffs, anxiety around artificial intelligence and a forthcoming run for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order that calls for state agencies to explore ways to mitigate job losses stemming from AI. The order, among other things, tells state agencies to explore severance […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/capradio-after-ai-layoffs-newsom-orders-state-government-to-find-ways-to-ease-the-pain/

CapRadio: After AI layoffs, Newsom orders state government to find ways to ease the pain

CapRadio: After AI layoffs, Newsom orders state government to find ways to ease the pain. “Amid tech layoffs, anxiety around artificial intelligence and a forthcoming run for president, Gov. …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ResearchBuzz: Firehose May 22

Unseen Japan: 20% of Japan’s Manga Artists and Illustrators Say AI Has Cut Their Income. “The Japan Freelance League backed this up with another survey in January. They found that 12% of freelancers (including manga artists, authors, designers, and more) saw a decrease in income: 9.3% seeing a 10-50% loss, and 2.7% saying 50% or more. For a freelance workforce where margins are already tight, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/unseen-japan-20-of-japans-manga-artists-and-illustrators-say-ai-has-cut-their-income/

Unseen Japan: 20% of Japan’s Manga Artists and Illustrators Say AI Has Cut Their Income

Unseen Japan: 20% of Japan’s Manga Artists and Illustrators Say AI Has Cut Their Income. “The Japan Freelance League backed this up with another survey in January. They found that 12% of free…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Democracy Matters

May 13

One poll found that when sorted by household income, the group of Americans most optimistic about AI in their daily lives are those making more than $200,000.

-- The Atlantic

#AI #JobLoss #TaxBillionaires #USPol

NewsletterTF May 13

WALMART SHAKES UP CORPORATE RANKS, SLASHING ABOUT 1,000 POSITIONS

Walmart is cutting about 1,000 corporate jobs this week. This affects tech and product teams as the company changes its structure.

#WalmartJobs, #CorporateCuts, #TechOverhaul, #JobLoss, #WalmartNews

https://newsletter.tf/walmart-cuts-1000-corporate-jobs-this-week/

Walmart cuts 1,000 corporate jobs this week for tech changes

Walmart is cutting about 1,000 corporate jobs this week. This affects tech and product teams as the company changes its structure.

NewsletterTF

NewsletterTF May 13

Walmart is cutting about 1,000 corporate jobs this week, a significant change. This follows a similar cut of 1,500 jobs last year.

#WalmartJobs, #CorporateCuts, #TechOverhaul, #JobLoss, #WalmartNews
https://newsletter.tf/walmart-cuts-1000-corporate-jobs-this-week/

Walmart cuts 1,000 corporate jobs this week for tech changes

Walmart is cutting about 1,000 corporate jobs this week. This affects tech and product teams as the company changes its structure.

NewsletterTF

Kevin Dominik Korte May 11

While students might be writing off journalism degrees prematurely, they are really only following editors-in-chief and news media owners who have been laying off journalists, using AI as the main excuse.
#AI #jobloss
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/05/10/ai-disrupting-jobs-college-students-journalism/89963982007/

Students are writing off journalism degrees. It's a mistake. | Opinion

AI is quite good at processing information, but what it cannot do is knock on doors, cultivate reluctant sources or earn the trust of communities.

USA TODAY

NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds [Unofficial]May 1

I’m pro capitalism, but AI might make socialism unavoidable

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/ai-socialism-capitalism/