AI should help skilled workers run companies, not just shrink management
Helpful-West8007 · reddit · 2026-07-29
The post argues that the AI conversation should focus less on replacing white-collar management and more on letting skilled tradespeople run high-margin companies with AI backends.
It contrasts the current marketing of solo AI agencies with a more ambitious narrative: using AI to strip out administrative overhead so physical workers can operate entire businesses themselves.
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