“This will likely lead to more layoffs to keep up with the cost, as was the case with Meta, and then an eventual pullback when somebody asks “does any of this shit actually help us do our jobs faster or better?””
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
If investors begin to question mounting R&D costs as revenue growth fails to follow, this will likely lead to more layoffs to keep up with the cost and then an eventual pullback.
Assessment: Can’t be checked Not checked against evidence
Where and when Ed Zitron wrote it
Where's Your Ed At, AI's Economics Don't Make Sense, paragraph 84.
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- Conditional forecast
- Deadline, as the speaker wrote it
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- No horizon
- Deadline state on 2026-10-29
- No horizon (the release’s reference date)
Conditions
- investors begin to question mounting R&D costs when revenue growth fails to follow (antecedent, stated by the speaker)
From the speaker
- investors begin to question mounting R&D costs when revenue growth fails to follow
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Outcome: Can’t be checked
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- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Assessment recorded
- Policy version
- 2026-10-28.7
Rationale
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Evidence (0 items)
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Where it was said (1)
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: Where's Your Ed At, AI's Economics Don't Make Sense
This will likely lead to more layoffs to keep up with the cost, as was the case with Meta, and then an eventual pullback when somebody asks “does any of this shit actually help us do our jobs faster or better?”
- Where
- paragraph 84
- Published
- 2026-04-28
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment wyea-ais-economics-dont-make-sense-66c409-a1: Current. Outcome: Can’t be checked. Not checked against evidence. Public date not recorded.
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