General Motors quietly laid off about 500 to 600 employees this week in a sweeping global shakeup that reportedly blindsided workers with unsettling emails, abrupt virtual meetings and growing fears that artificial intelligence is reshaping the automaker’s workforce. Many of the affected employees — largely IT workers in Michigan, Texas and other locations around the globe — learned their fate during brief meetings that some workers described as cold and scripted. “No appreciation or empathy. No questions. Nothing,” one laid-off employee who spent more than a decade at GM told CNBC. General Motors laid off roughly 500 to 600 employees this week as the automaker restructures its IT workforce and expands its use of artificial intelligence. REUTERS “GM is transforming its Information Technology organization to better position the company for the future,” a spokesperson for the Detroit-based auto giant told The Post. “As part of that work, we have made the difficult decision to eliminate certain roles globally.…