> This time, we have near-humans to blame for all the world's ills rather than real humans with different beliefs/location/politics.

This is true. "sorry my PR is shit cuz claude", "sorry your kid killed themselves because gpt said they should but it saved 9 trillion others", "sorry for slop, it's ai" lol

optimism

I'm not ready to call bull on the entire thing

It's not bull. It's a real correlate. I'd guess earnings they were seeing data that earnings could tighten, understood that AI would allow them to reduce costs, and reduced costs. The cause imho was earnings and org bloat. AI is a scapegoat.

AI is an amazing scapegoat. In this way, AI imitating humans is blessing. This time, we have near-humans to blame for all the world's ills rather than humans with different beliefs/location/politics.

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Stacker_Stocks

Block's AI-driven reorganization - excerpts from the Q4/25 earnings call

> I'm not ready to call bull on the entire thing

It's not bull. It's a real correlate. I'd guess earnings they were seeing data that earnings could tighten, understood that AI would allow them to reduce costs, and reduced costs. The cause imho was earnings and org bloat. AI is a scapegoat. 

AI is an amazing scapegoat. In this way, AI imitating humans is blessing. This time, we have near-humans to blame for all the world's ills rather than humans with different beliefs/location/politics.