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What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

Box founder Aaron Levie warned that executives pushing AI to replace workers often lack understanding of those jobs, calling it "AI psychosis." ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are nearly matching 2025 totals, and DuckDuckGo installs rose 30% as users reject Google's forced AI search results.

read1 min publishedMay 29, 2026

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, and DuckDuckGo installs are climbing from users who want Google to stop forcing AI into search and just give them links.

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