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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The AI Layoff Trap · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — mentioned by shinryuu</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50030125</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.20617:50030125</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:10:32 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The paper itself: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.20617&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — mentioned by lbrito</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048741</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.20617:49048741</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:01:21 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — mentioned by jsrozner</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326346</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.20617:48326346</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 17:25:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;One of the authors of the linked article (https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617) is a computer scientist not an economist. Just bc something is published in arxiv economics does not make it written by an economist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — mentioned by outside1234</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990880</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.20617:47990880</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 21:45:15 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;BUT it is a trap: https://arxiv.org/html/2603.20617v1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748123</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2603.20617:47748123</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:56:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The AI Layoff Trap&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;62 points; 104 discussion replies on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item><item><title>The AI Layoff Trap — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47736814</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2603.20617:47736814</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:53:38 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;The AI Layoff Trap&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;19 points; 2 discussion replies on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20617/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>econ.TH</category></item></channel></rss>
