Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images For several years, a debate has been raging among economists: is AI really taking our jobs, or are CEOs just using it as an excuse when they conduct layoffs that they would have done anyway? There’s been endless back and forth on the topic, without much clarity. To be fair, it’s still a total morass — but we now have an interesting new clue that does seem to suggest that automation tech i