I agree and I think there’s zero reason for anyone to think this forecasts bad news for Civ 7.
The huge layoffs in tech companies are primarily coming from non-technical roles and are wholly unrelated to AI. The biggest impacted role is actually recruiting/talent acquisition.
The layoff at Firaxis is 30 people. The same thing happened in 2010 after Civ 5 released, by the way.
It just seems like baseless speculation to accuse Firaxis of firing people for AI to replace their jobs. Is it possible to even name a single major developer that is doing anything like this? I agree with Kwami and don’t think AI is ready for prime time in any capacity.