Group 1 - The benefits of AI are primarily accruing to capitalists, while the negative impacts are being borne by workers, as evidenced by significant layoffs despite rising profits in major tech companies [2] - Microsoft reported a profit of approximately 180 billion RMB and announced plans to strengthen its intelligent cloud and gaming businesses, yet it is also planning to lay off 6,000 employees due to AI replacing human labor [2][3] - Other tech giants in Silicon Valley, such as Amazon and Google, are also experiencing similar trends, with Amazon planning to cut 14,000 jobs and Google reducing its sales team by 30,000, contributing to a total of nearly 400,000 layoffs in Silicon Valley [2] Group 2 - The rise of AI is enabling companies to replace human labor, leading to a paradox where employees who invest time in training AI tools find themselves laid off as soon as those tools become effective [3] - There is a growing skepticism regarding claims that AI will create more jobs, suggesting that such assertions may be misleading [5] - The best way for workers to avoid being replaced is to ensure they are not easily substituted by AI technologies [5]
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