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AI FOMO turns companies and workers into performers

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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.

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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......

本文来自微信公众号: 刺猬公社 ,作者:刺猬公社编辑部

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。

#Layoffs.fyi#Crunchbase#Amazon#Meta#Oracle#Microsoft#PayPal#OpenAI#Anthropic#Claude Opus 5.5#Nature#Howworks.ai

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