Who Pays for the AI Boom: Tech Workers in the Trillion-Dollar Race

Tech companies including Oracle, Amazon, and Meta are eliminating tens of thousands of jobs to secure capital for AI infrastructure and data centers, signaling that artificial intelligence is no longer speculative technology but an entrenched industry priority. This contradicts the comforting narrative that the AI bubble will burst like the dot-com era; while inflated valuations may deflate, the underlying technology and its infrastructure demands will persist. The uncomfortable reality: workers face permanent displacement not because companies struggle, but because they're fundamentally restructuring to prioritize AI capital expenditure over traditional workforce investment.