Rajeshwari Purohit

An engineer by profession and artist by nature.. Love to explore new places. #startups #adventure #sustainability

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Another AI attack

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

@IndiGo6E Total mismanagement and chaos at Indigo counter Ahmedabad airport. No resiliency plan in place despite knowing that hundreds of passengers are stuck. No water no food and no accomodation for the flights rescheduled or diverted. Shame on you

[Evan Luthra @EvanLuthra]

🚨RESEARCHERS JUST MATHEMATICALLY PROVED THAT AI LAYOFFS WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY.. AND EVERY CEO ALREADY KNOWS IT.. BUT NONE OF THEM CAN STOP..

Two researchers from UPenn and Boston University just published a paper called "The AI Layoff Trap"..

They proved something terrifying..

Every company replacing workers with AI is also firing its own customers.. Every laid-off employee is someone who used to spend money.. When enough people lose their jobs.. Nobody can afford to buy anything.. And the companies that fired everyone go bankrupt selling products to an economy with no purchasing power..

Every CEO can see this coming.. The math is obvious.. Fire workers.. Lose customers.. Lose revenue.. Collapse..

But here's the trap..

No company can afford to stop..

If you don't automate.. Your competitor will.. They cut costs.. Undercut your prices.. Steal your market share.. And you die anyway..

So every company automates.. Knowing it's collectively suicidal.. Because the alternative is dying alone while everyone else survives..

It's a Prisoner's Dilemma.. And the researchers proved it mathematically..

The numbers are already stacking up..

Block cut nearly half its 10,000 employees this year.. CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made those roles unnecessary and that "within the next year, the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion"..

Salesforce replaced 4,000 customer support agents with AI..

Goldman Sachs deployed an AI coder that lets one senior engineer do the work of a five-person team..

Over 100,000 tech workers were laid off in 2025 alone.. AI was cited as the primary driver in more than half the cases..

80% of US workers hold jobs with tasks susceptible to AI automation..

And here's what should scare policymakers..

The researchers tested every proposed solution..

Universal Basic Income.. Doesn't fix it.. It raises living standards but doesn't change a single company's incentive to automate..

Capital income taxes.. Don't fix it.. They change profit levels but not the per-task decision to replace a human..

Worker equity and profit sharing.. Narrows the gap but can't close it..

Collective bargaining.. Can't fix it.. Because automating is a dominant strategy.. No voluntary agreement between companies is self-enforcing..

Only one thing works.. A Pigouvian automation tax.. A per-task charge that forces every company to pay for the demand it destroys when it fires a worker..

The researchers call it a "Red Queen effect".. Better AI doesn't solve the problem.. It makes it worse.. Because every company sees a bigger market share gain from automating faster than rivals.. But at the end.. Everyone automates equally.. The gains cancel out.. And the only thing left is more destroyed demand..

The paper's conclusion is devastating..

This isn't a transfer from workers to company owners.. Both sides lose.. Workers lose their income.. Companies lose their customers.. It's a deadweight loss that harms everyone..

And no market force can break the cycle..

The AI layoff trap isn't a prediction.. It's already happening.. And the math says it won't stop on its own.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I cannot explain how hilarious this is

Makes you wonder if the LLM was trained on a bit too many GitHub issues closed with a version of “nice try, won’t fix, go away” and it emulates this?

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

Found this profound message - "The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding" - #Skininthegame by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[Arun Purohit @arunpurohit]

Th man in a swift driving near Khadki bridge, in a span of 15 mins opened his window 5 times & spit out mouthfuls on road

Can you plz retweet till it reaches him.

We need to name & shame such citizens for the uncivil behavior

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8 Google extensions every developer must use

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[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Gradually people are beginning to recognize that peace of mind has an important role to play in our day to day lives. Mental afflictions like anger, fear and frustration detract from our good health, so, all seven billion human beings alive today need peace of mind here and now.

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[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

Leadership failure has forced India in this dire situation. Every Indian is imapacted and narcissist #Modi is least bothered. Shame on the government

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi to blame for the spike in COVID cases in India?

AJ+ spoke with Indian journalist @RanaAyyub about holding the government accountable for the unfolding crisis.

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

It can't be scarier than this :(

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

On a global call this morning, we had an update on covid-19 in India. My heart goes out to everyone there. It's a reminder that while we have hope for the summer with vaccines in the US, the global south is still very much in the middle of this pandemic.

[Anis Ahmed (Gen. Secretary, PFI) @AnisPFI]

When any leader in the world will be ashamed of doing something against the #COVID19 norms..here @narendramodi is happy with huge gatherings where Covid norms are gone for a toss..

If this is not a disaster then what else can be?

#BengalElection2021
#COVID19India

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

Why CICSE can't keep the decision simple and clear like CBSE.. Well this explains the clarity of thoughts (or lack of) in boards.

[Mousumi Perris @MousumiPerris]

@DrRPNishank Sir the decision taken by the CICSE Council for 10 and 12 board exam by Mr. Arathoon is unexpected and a life threatening decision and a mental torture. We as parents are requesting you to cancel the icse examination and we highly protest to this conclusion.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

Pull requests introduce a human delay into a team's integration workflow. @kief explains how and outlines other ways to do code review
https://t.co/EBAKG9Mxl8

[Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal]

It is rightly said, "Journey is best measured in terms of memories rather than miles."

Take a look at the new Vistadome coaches of Indian Railways that will give an unforgettable travel experience to passengers & will ensure that they truly have a journey to remember.

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

Join me for this event: Hopper India 2020 https://t.co/bvoJIZAkI0 ##HopperIndia2020

[Dr Milan B @milantheshrink]

Why we all need to continue to wear our mask and continue to wash hands , we need to continue to take care...

[Rajeshwari Purohit @reggiepurose]

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