A wave of layoffs sweeps Silicon Valley as frontline engineers reveal another side of the truth: AI efficiency is seriously overestimated.

In January, Amazon confirmed it would lay off approximately 16,000 employees; in February, fintech company Block laid off nearly half of its staff; in March, Meta was reported to be planning layoffs of 16,000 employees. Anxiety about AI replacing white-collar workers is sweeping across the workplace. Siddhant Khare, a software engineer at Ona, published an article that sparked a discussion about "AI fatigue." He believes that "AI fatigue" is essentially a structural issue: companies overestimate the speed of AI implementation and immediate efficiency gains, while underestimating review costs and the impact on employees' professional identity. To address this, he recommends changing usage habits, protecting deep work time, regaining control over how AI is used, and escaping the dilemma of AI fatigue. (National Business Daily)