Comment by johnnyanmac

>The headline doesn’t tell the whole story. SE openings precipitated in the year that followed the peak. Compared to that massive decline, openings over the last year have been relatively stable but on a downward trajectory

When was the peak of AI? My impression was around 2022, and the crash started the next year.

I don't think AI is the cause so much as projected economic headwinds and S174. But I can see AI being indirectly responsible. Not because of replacing jobs, but because Companies want to redirect dev funds saved into powering AI servers. I believe Meta said as much at the beginning of 2025 (or maybe it was Google?)