AI pressure points in tech labor are real, and Bitcoin will feel them through macro, not mystique After years of claims that AI will cause chaos in the labor market, sentiment seems to be at an all-time low around AI layoffs, with social media accounts surfacing to track how fast white-collar tech work is already being hollowed out. Reality is less straightforward. Companies are cutting selectively, management teams are using AI and efficiency language more openly, and hiring is shifting toward AI-heavy and infrastructure-heavy roles faster than unemployment is rising. That gap suggests the labor market narrative is changing before the labor market has fully broken