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Non obvious take: this is not AI job loss. This is the unwinding of the DEI-fueled Hiring Bonanza of the past decade. Many jobs in that period were created under fragile pretenses / immutable traits. Ie, things other than talent. But eventually the chickens come home to roost. All of this hiring may have left Amazon, in their eyes, bloated and inefficient. “AI” is the convenient air cover for articles and pundits trying to find a scapegoat but it’s not the root cause if I had to guess.