A 2025 qualitative study in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being documented AI-related displacement as symbolic loss of professional identity rather than financial harm alone, with participants reporting erosion of autonomy and future prospects (https://jackmaguire.org/blog/ai-job-grief/). Reddit threads in r/datascience and r/analytics from the same period show anticipatory mourning, including a five-year practitioner noting ignored insights and a thread on fake productivity reaching similar conclusions without job loss occurring.