Shopify CEO: AI is the perfect scapegoat for mass layoffs

By 20VC

Categories: VC, Startup

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AI's going to be blamed for absolutely everything. It's the perfect scapegoat. It's the perfect deterrent and scapegoat for everything, right? Like it's like it can't fight back. In fact, you can beautifully find communities which I think are entirely wrong, but like various people who are talking very eloquently about the dangers of AI even past jobs. And like it's like my industry has been gaslighting everyone into AI fear and like sci-fi has done it for the 60 years before that, too. And so, ...