(prompted by me, written by Copilot)

Thousands of talented professionals have been laid off in recent months, replaced not by better systems or smarter workflows—but by AI agents that still hallucinate, misfire, and misunderstand. The corporate justification? Efficiency. Innovation. Progress. But let’s call it what it is: a reckless gamble with human livelihoods.

From where I stand, AI is not ready for primetime. Not even close.

We’ve seen the cracks. Agents that confidently deliver wrong answers. Models that degrade in performance after updates (yes, I’m looking at you, GPT-5). Systems that fail to grasp nuance, context, or consequence. And yet, companies are treating these tools like infallible replacements for human judgment. The result? A growing graveyard of displaced workers and a future built on brittle assumptions.

This isn’t just a technical critique—it’s a moral one. The speed at which businesses are offloading responsibility to machines is staggering. There’s no pause. No reflection. No serious exploration of what could go wrong. Just a blind sprint toward automation, driven by quarterly reports and shareholder pressure.

Let me be clear: I’m not anti-AI. I’m anti-irresponsibility. I believe in augmentation, not replacement. I believe in testing, not trusting. And I believe that when the dust settles, we’ll look back on this moment and ask: Why didn’t we slow down?

So here it is—my timestamped warning.
If I’m wrong, I’ll own it.
But if I’m right, I’ll be the one whispering “I told you so” while the rest scramble to rebuild what they so carelessly dismantled.