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Who will survive the A.I. apocalypse?

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Halina Bennet
Apr 03, 2026
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I don’t mean to be an alarmist, but signs of the A.I. apocalypse are everywhere. Oracle this week started laying thousands of employees off as the company increases its A.I. spending; once-skeptical economists are warning that the technology will disrupt the job market; and, perhaps most importantly (I wri…

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