Good Stuff 47 - Will AI Take Your Job

Good Stuff 47 - Will AI Take Your Job

From The Good Stuff by Other Stuff

March 4, 2026 · 1h 18m · Episode 45

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of AI on employment and corporate strategies, using Block's recent layoffs as a case study.

# The Good Stuff, Episode 47: Will AI Take Your Job?*Hosts:* Pete and Andy (beach setup with new flag, plane, and aggressive campfire lighting)Block just axed 4,000 people—40% of the company—citing AI, and the stock jumped 16%. Pete and Andy dig into what this signals: air cover for cutting fat, or the start of something bigger? They run the publishing analogy (monks to podcasts, cost went to zero, yet more people publish than ever), explore why "21 millionaires" beats the billion-dollar unicorn thesis, and get into the weeds on agent architecture—hands vs pipelines, deterministic vs autonomous, and why your Kanban board might be the wrong interface for robots.**Key Moments:**- [01:16] Block layoffs: 4,000+ people, AI cited as key reason, stock up 16%- [02:06] "If anything, it's not going to discourage people from going down the same route"- [06:02] Jack pushing Goose internally over a year ago—they've been prepping for this- [09:07] "A lot of companies will use AI as air cover to clear up waste and inefficiency"- [15:54] Publishing analogy: monks copying bibles → printing press → internet → cost to zero- [17:30] "Nobody has a job publishing content anymore... oh hang on, there's…

People in this episode

Hosts: Pete, Andy

Topics covered

  • AI impact on jobs
  • corporate layoffs
  • publishing evolution
  • entrepreneurship
  • agent architecture

Keywords

  • AI
  • jobs
  • Block layoffs
  • publishing
  • entrepreneurship
  • agent architecture
  • Kanban

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Organizations: Block

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