"Amazon has deployed new AI workflows to replace some of the responsibilities of middle management, laying off thousands of managers in the process".

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/ai-boss-supervisor-us-quinnipiac-poll/

Golgafrincham middle managers, commence boarding Ark Fleet Ship B. You're cozy hot tubs await you.

#NoAI #TechNews #SciFi #AI #news #DouglasAdams

@rayotron that's hilarious. I wonder whether the top brass realizes they too will eventually be replaced

@bazkie

Ha! Yeah, I hope so. If they don't get it they will! Their brass will tarnish and lose it's shine.

Pardon my cynicism. I used to work in an old military building literally polishing brass fixtures for the top brass. They weren't fun to work for, hence my jaundiced view of the brass.

@rayotron

Poetic justice: Those who have been pushing AI most eagerly in the name of their masters with the goal to replace actual workers have now been replaced themselves (not totally, but hey, it's early in the day).

@nyrath

@glitzersachen @nyrath

Yeah, right? Oh, the irony. So sad, so tragic.🥲

@glitzersachen @rayotron @nyrath Hey, that goes all the way back to the original Twilight Zone, "The Brain Center at Whipple's".

@60sRefugee

Great reference, hope I get to see it someday.

"There are many bromides applicable here: 'too much of a good thing', 'tiger by the tail', 'as you sow so shall you reap'. The point is that, too often, Man becomes clever instead of becoming wise; he becomes inventive and not thoughtful; and sometimes, as in the case of Mr. Whipple, he can create himself right out of existence. As in tonight's tale of oddness and obsolescence, in the Twilight Zone."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Center_at_Whipple's

The Brain Center at Whipple's - Wikipedia

@rayotron I know, I know, it’s fun to see middle management squirm a bit, but given the gigantic fustercluck that generated-“AI”-created bug reports, task tickets, and general “here’s what needs doing and who should do it” sorts of tasks has been in my own job, I doubt the “gen-AI eats middle management” timeline is any better than the one where gen-“AI” eats all the software people.
@dpnash
Good point. It's a profound shake-up for sure, for everyone. People thought the arts were safe and the last bastion of human creativity. Well, nope.