r/antiai

“4+ years at company, setting up SQL databases and API integrations. Being replaced by AI agent. Company announced record-breaking profits while doing layoffs. In wheelchair with kidney failure, desperately needs health insurance for transplant.”

“Company fired half of designers and rehired college kids for 1/3 the price as AI designers. They turn out slop that senior designers fine-tune. Was making $300K TC. Every job description now asks for AI fluency which means turn out slop and keep your mouth shut about design principles.”

“CEO laid off 20% of workforce (mainly software engineers) on top of 10% already let go. Company bought an AI startup. Remaining engineers supposed to use AI to do the work of fired ones. CEO expects every employee to build an AI automation that does part of their job within a quarter.”

“Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Czech translator fired from Warhorse Studios and replaced with AI to save finance. A Czech company firing their own Czech translator. Game made around 150 million. Major gaming community backlash followed.”

“They laid off 4 of us: graphic designer, video producer, copywriter, social media manager. They then posted two new roles - someone to prompt AI for graphics/videos, and someone to prompt AI for social media/copy. During my time the company had month over month growth due to the social content I produced.”