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@neia@fedi.ikeran.org We have a clause in the U.S. Constitution that was written based on the belief that human workers would no longer be needed to make clothes because of the cotton gin.

More to the point, "companies fire a lot of workers because the CEO doesn't realize the workers actually do something important that can't be replaced by machines" has been a consistent occurrence for as long as companies existed.

Corporations in the 1900s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.
Corporations in the 1920s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.
Corporations in the 1940s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.
Corporations in the 1960s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.
Corporations in the 1980s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.
Corporations in the 2000s fired people because they thought machines made people obsolete.

The fact that they've been wrong every time hasn't deterred them, because CEOs do not learn.