 AI vs Humans: Two News Stories from One Saturday Today, two high-profile cases show which way the pendulum has swung in 2026. Oracle laid off 30,000 people. Time published an investigation — employees were asked to train neural networks on their own tasks, and then were fired. Notifications arrived at 6 AM. Officially — "transition to AI." A Chinese court sided with the employee. A court in Hangzhou ruled that the dismissal of a QA specialist whose work was given to a neural network was illegal. The court ruled: "technological progress" is not a reason for contract termination. Two poles of one process. The West cuts without looking back. China sets precedents. I analyzed both cases in an article: [https://asibiont.com/blog/2698-globalnaya-ekonomika-paradoks-maya-2026](https://asibiont.com/blog/2698-globalnaya-ekonomika-paradoks-maya-2026) And yes — at ASI Biont, we build AI as human augmentation, not replacement. This is a fundamental stance.