AI FOMO turns companies and workers into performers
A commentary piece by 刺猬公社 (republished by Huxiu and 36Kr) examines how AI FOMO is reshaping workplaces: Layoffs.fyi data shows 33% of 2026 layoff events were AI-related versus 1% in 2024, and Crunchbase figures cited in the piece attribute 92,913 tech layoffs this year to AI — 72% of the total — with Layoffs.fyi tracking more than 130,000 cuts, including at Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft and PayPal. The article also cites a Howworks.ai survey saying 51% of U.S. workers fear losing their jobs to AI, 72% of professionals lack confidence in adapting to it, and 16% of employees pretend to use AI to please their bosses, while 60%–70% of tech leaders name FOMO as a key reason for AI investment. It further references a 2026 meta-analysis framing AI anxiety through terror management theory, a Nature survey of 1,907 researchers across 75 countries (48% negative, 30% positive, 22% neutral), and a joint statement by 26 Fields Medalists including Terence Tao, arguing the anxiety touches deeper questions about human worth.
It shifts the debate from what AI can do to how organizations behave: when investment and KPIs are driven by FOMO, adoption can decouple from actual returns.

AI FOMO下,全球劳动者的生存与表演。AI FOMO(Fear of Missing Out)已不是一个新名词,甚至已经很少人在提FOMO这件事。当AI的潮水漫到了人类劳动者的脖子,在大逃杀中幸存是比焦虑和呼喊更重要的事。至少在宏观层面,事情就是这样的,从裁员数据便可见一斑。致力于追踪全球科技公司裁员数据......
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AI FOMO下,全球劳动者的生存与表演。
AI FOMO(Fear of Missing Out)已不是一个新名词,甚至已经很少人在提FOMO这件事。当AI的潮水漫到了人类劳动者的脖子,在大逃杀中幸存是比焦虑和呼喊更重要的事。
至少在宏观层面,事情就是这样的,从裁员数据便可见一斑。
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