Corporate Adviser Advocates for a Workforce of Zero: The Dystopian Future of AI in Employment
— futurism.com
Key Takeaway
Daniel Miessler argues that the ideal number of human employees in companies is zero, suggesting that AI will render human workers obsolete. He believes that corporations would prefer to operate without human labor, reflecting a dystopian view of the future of work.
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For the world’s corporations — the movers and shakers of the global economy, as it’s currently organized — it’s well past time to leave us flesh bags behind. That, at least, seems to be the contention of Daniel Miessler, an outspoken cybersecurity engineer and AI booster.
In a rambling post on his personal blog , Miessler takes the position that human workers are already obsolete, so the best thing we can do is accept it and fall in line with the AI revolution. “My favorite way of capturing this: the ideal number of human employees inside of any company is zero,” he wrote.
“That is the number that they’re trying to get to.” He’s not just using hyperbole, he takes pains to clarify. “When I say zero, I mean zero workers,” the AI wonk told Fortune in a followup interview . “As in factory [or] machine jobs.
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