B. S. [email protected] years, the world laughed at the idea that artificial intelligence would replace human beings. Economists dismissed the fear as technological paranoia. Corporate leaders called it “augmentation.” Universities promised that AI would merely become another workplace tool, much like email or calculators. That illusion is now collapsing. The age of gradual automation is ending and the age of structural human replacement has begun.Advertisement In November 2022, Mark Zuckerberg cut more than 11,000 jobs at Meta, followed by another 10,000 layoffs in 2023 under what he called the company’s “Year of Efficiency.” But the restructuring accelerated dramatically again in...