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I'm a little more cynical. I think the AI companies are making a fortune selling the fiction that human workers can be replaced.
Megacorps invest for the short-term gains (wage suppression via layoffs that are spun to be a positive thing) and avoids short-term losses (holdouts may lose investors because AI is hip).
To my mind that is not more cynical, it is just a layer of grift on top, like scum. The real cynicism is the misanthropy of betting against humanity.
It does have a demotivational effect as a threat.