Is 'AI Layoffs' Just an Excuse? The Real Motives of Big Tech Revealed in Blind Data from Korea and the U.S.

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Blind is a platform where 91% of employees at South Korea's top 1,000 companies by market capitalization are registered. In the United States as well, it has grown into a bulletin board where around 80% of tech company employees in Silicon Valley are signed up. The big data gathering on Blind clearly shows the changes in jobs that we need to know right away. Starting today, through around the Chuseok holiday, we will explore human responses to the rapidly unfolding penetration of AI in a series with Moon Sung-wook, CEO of Teamblind!

The layoff frenzy triggered by AI already started in the tech industry in the U.S. and has now spread to general office jobs. "In fact, companies might not even need a CEO anymore. The only humans left in a company might be the investors (the board of directors). However..." (Moon Sung-wook, CEO of Teamblind)

Are there really any "safe jobs" for humans moving forward? CEO Moon confessed, "Honestly, nothing seems certain right now." Still, it is worth listening to the advice shared by CEO Moon—who can most swiftly catch the inner thoughts of employees at the world's fastest-running companies—on how to most efficiently cope with current uncertainties based on today's standards.

While tech jobs are decreasing in the U.S., paradoxically, hiring opportunities in India are increasing. The size of Global Capability Centers (GCC) in India has surged by 69% over seven years. U.S. jobs decreased, but Indian jobs increased? "People who were working at high costs in the U.S. are laid off, and they inevitably return to India to become cheaper labor. And how long even their jobs will last is anyone's guess."

"Is it because AI has already replaced humans that human employees are being cut? No, the real reason is actually something else."

"Key personnel at Amazon Games were all laid off. Specific departments were completely replaced by AI, leaving no humans there anymore. Those people..."

In the age of AI, who on earth will be the humans who survive until the very end? Reporter Kwon Aelee thoroughly breaks it down point by point with CEO Moon Sung-wook on [Smart Talk].

1. "Got into a major corporation... only to be laid off a year later?"
2. Why U.S. Big Tech is Called a "Revolving Door"
3. Will Only Investors (The Board) Remain in the Company?
4. Where Did the Laid-Off People Go?
5. "AI is an Excuse": Is There a Real Reason for Layoffs?
6. High-Skilled Talent Leaving the U.S. Only Saw Their Value Drop
7. "At Most, 2 to 3 Years Left"
8. Hyundai Uses Claude... NH Uses ChatGPT
9. "AI is Threatening... But It Also Requires Too Much Hand-Holding"

(Reported by Kwon Aelee, Camera: Park Woo-jin, Producer: Jung Seo-woo, Editing: Park Seo-yeon, Design: Chae Ji-woo, Intern: Kim Hye-won, Production: Knowledge Contents IP Team)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.