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Don't Fire The Worker. Hire The AI Anyway.
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- May 2, 2026
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Summary
The dominant AI narrative right now is "AI is replacing jobs." Companies announce layoffs, stock prices pop, the cycle repeats. Connor calls the math. If every company replaces workers with AI, the workers stop buying. Buyers stop buying, your revenue drops, your stock follows. The short-term win cannibalizes the long-term economy. The alternative: keep the worker. Add AI alongside them. One human operator paired with an AI agent produces 4 to 8 times the output of one human alone. The emp...