As CEOs continue to boast about laying off thousands while spending tens of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure, some execs are worried about getting the axe themselves.

During a podcast appearance this week, Google's former chief business officer, Mo Gawdat, warned that AI could be poised to wipe out white-collar jobs, including cushy gigs like software developers and CEOs.

Unsurprisingly, Gawdat had his own AI startup to plug as well, a three-person operation dedicated to providing a Replika-like "AI girlfriend" service.

"That startup would have been 350 developers in the past," the former Google exec boasted on a recent episode of the "Diary of a CEO" podcast, as spotted by Business Insider. "As a matter of fact, podcaster is going to be replaced."

Gawdat is far from the first

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