{"id":22225,"date":"2026-03-08T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/current-and-former-block-workers-say-ai-cant-do-their-jobs-after-jack-dorseys-mass-layoffs-you-cant-really-ai-that\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:37:15","slug":"current-and-former-block-workers-say-ai-cant-do-their-jobs-after-jack-dorseys-mass-layoffs-you-cant-really-ai-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/current-and-former-block-workers-say-ai-cant-do-their-jobs-after-jack-dorseys-mass-layoffs-you-cant-really-ai-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Current and former Block workers say AI can\u2019t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey\u2019s mass layoffs: \u2018You can\u2019t really AI that\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CEO said he cut the company\u2019s workforce by 4,000 people \u2013 almost in half \u2013 because of gains in AI productivity<\/p>\n

Mark remembers the first time he wondered whether he was teaching Block\u2019s AI tools how to do his job \u2013 and maybe even replace him. He was at his fintech company\u2019s extravagant anniversary party<\/a> last September. As executives led a presentation on the productivity benefits of a new internal AI tool, Mark, who worked in the product department, discussed his worries with colleagues. While he wasn\u2019t sure what would happen in a few years, he told a co-worker sitting next to him that for now, there was no way the technology was so advanced that it could move the business forward without employees like him to help drive vision and strategy.<\/p>\n

These AI tools were not proactive. He had to tell them what to do. Block still needed him, he thought.<\/p>\n

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\nThe CEO said he cut the company\u2019s workforce by 4,000 people \u2013 almost in half \u2013 because of gains in AI productivity
\nMark remembers the first time he wondered whether he was teaching Block\u2019s AI tools how to do his job \u2013 and maybe even replace him. He was at his fintech company\u2019s extravagant anniversary party last September. As executives led a presentation on the productivity benefits of a new internal AI tool, Mark, who worked in the product department, discussed his worries with colleagues. While he wasn\u2019t sure what would happen in a few years, he told a co-worker sitting next to him that for now, there was no way the technology was so advanced that it could move the business forward without employees like him to help drive vision and strategy.
\nThese AI tools were not proactive. He had to tell them what to do. Block still needed him, he thought. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CEO said he cut the company\u2019s workforce by 4,000 people \u2013 almost in half \u2013 because of gains in AI productivity Mark remembers the first time he wondered whether he was teaching Block\u2019s AI tools how to do his job \u2013 and maybe even replace him. He was at his fintech company\u2019s extravagant anniversary …<\/p>\n

Current and former Block workers say AI can\u2019t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey\u2019s mass layoffs: \u2018You can\u2019t really AI that\u2019<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22225"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}