Recent workforce data from 2025 paints an interesting picture of AI's actual footprint in job cuts. Out of roughly 1.1 million total US layoffs this year, only about 50,000—somewhere between 5-10%—can be directly traced back to AI-related decisions. That's way less dramatic than the headlines suggest.

The tech sector's taking the biggest hit, unsurprisingly. Companies like Amazon, Intel, and Microsoft account for a chunk of these numbers. My rough math? Probably 10-15% of their recent workforce reductions connect to automation strategies or AI restructuring.

What's wild is how the narrative doesn't match reality. Sure, AI's reshaping roles, but it's not the apocalypse-level job destroyer everyone's panicking about. At least not yet. The data tells a more nuanced story than the fear-mongering does.