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Ask HN: Who is "safer" in the AI era: IC or management?
- andy99 1y agoManagement. All automation creates more vacuum for bureaucratic nonsense to take over. IC will be worked to the bone, maximizing utilization on whatever precise task still can't be fully automated (grasping arbitrarily shaped and positioned objects) and more management will be added to culture teams or whatever useless functions companies can spend the freed up money on to signal their prowess.
- PaulHoule 1y agoIC. AI is best at high-social status bullshitting where it doesn't matter to you if you get the right answer or not. No wonder the likes of Eric Schmidt and Satya Nadella think it is such a big deal, because it can do their jobs. Did Copilot write this? https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07/24/recommitting-to-our-why-what-and-how/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07/24/recommitting-to-... It's hard to see how human intelligence could be behind GAME PASS and the Activision acquisition (Did you know King Games is part of Microsoft?)
- supportengineer 1y agoCan you find any time in recent history where legions of managers where on the streets, unemployed, and IC's were thriving?
- slwvx 1y agoThe integrated circuit is definitely safe in the AI era. Not sure about management.
- bix6 1y agoNeither? AI is capable of doing both roles.