旧金山科技圈氛围狂热,财富分化达历史最严重。过去五年,约一万人在Anthropic、OpenAI等AI公司获得超2000万美元退休财富,而外部人群即使高薪也永远无法企及。裁员潮全面展开,AI一夜之间改变多数工作岗位,软件工程师技能过时。这引发四重影响:企业阶梯失效,人们争相创业或加入AI公司;对工作未来深感萎靡,年轻一代担忧成为“永久下层阶级”;中层管理者因缺乏AI技能和网络而瘫痪;新富阶层也陷入目的缺失,财富急剧增长打乱生活计划。科技泡沫扭曲社会,人们在转型黄金 rush 中心理受折磨,不断质疑自己的位置和成功可能性。
The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen.
Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope AI estimation).
Everyone outside that group feels like they can work their well-paying (but <$500k) job for their whole life and never get there.
Worse yet, layoffs are in full swing. Many software engineers feel like their life's skill is no longer useful. The day to day role of most jobs has changed overnight with AI.