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It's been coming out now that big companies are starting to hire again if they want to meet their targets. Executives across industries are also saying that they're now needing to expand their headcount and accelerate their hiring. Which of course is a stark contrast to the narrative and the layoffs over the past couple of years of AI is going to replace everyone magically. Seems like they got a little over excited there. The push to expand head count, at least modestly, is a reversal from the prevailing corporate messaging during much of the AI era. Major employers largely held back on adding people due to economic uncertainties or a belief that artificial intelligence could shoulder more tasks on the job. But some executives say the costs and limitations of AI now demand that more people be added; others want to hire people back following layoffs. Companies are realizing now that AI just isn't working. Many executives were actually quoted saying that the costs and limitations of AI now demand that more people be added back. And those are the two things that we've been seeing for a while now. One is the limitations. AI is simply not contributing to productivity. The amount of time needed to fix all of its mistakes just completely evens out any potential time that could be saved. And that's not even to mention the fact that the quality is a major downgrade as it's just all regurgitated slop. People, the customers can tell, all right? So it's not saving any time and it's not producing any value. But then the other big thing is the costs. The AI companies are no longer subsidizing the token costs. So now all these executives are starting to see the real costs of running these AIs. And it's very expensive. And if we factor those two things together, the decrease in output quality and the increase in the input costs, it just means that AI is destroying these companies' bottom lines. And obviously, that's all these executives care about. Before, when there was the narrative of AI's magic and it's going to replace everyone, they were happy to fire them because, you know, hypothetically, they could just stop paying people and then their profits would go up. But now that it's clear that AI not only does an worse job than humans, but is also more expensive, they dropped it without a second thought. It's just simple dollars and cents, okay? Business is business is business. Once these executives see the numbers of AI, they're going to drop it. They don't care about AI. They only care about profit margins. Before, when there was the narrative of AI's magic and it's going to replace everyone, they were happy to fire them because, you know, hypothetically, they could just stop paying people and then their profits would go up. But now that it's clear that AI not only does an worse job than humans, but is also more expensive, they dropped it without a second thought. It's just simple dollars and cents, okay?