> Is "AI said it was a good idea" and worse than "we were following industry trends"?

Based on the stuff I've seen, yes it seems a lot worse.

this author suggest its essentially the same risk https://www.poppastring.com/blog/what-we-lost-the-last-time-.... i feel its heightened because execs and leaders are absolutely salivating over the opportunity to fire thousands of humans with no regard for the cognitive debt that comes from outsourcing thinking to ai.