Every CEO: AI Automation Creates More Human Work, Not Less
danshipper · x · 2026-08-03
Dan Shipper, CEO of Every, observes a paradox at the heart of AI automation: despite widespread fears of job threats, his company actually has more human work to do than ever.
Even as they aggressively adopt tools like Codex and Claude Code to automate coding, customer service, and even 95% of emails, they haven't fired employees in favor of agents. This aligns with the Jevons paradox, where increased efficiency actually drives up demand. In fields like mathematics, AI assistance makes complex topics easier to understand, allowing professionals to discuss concepts at higher abstraction levels and ultimately increasing the demand for people who can think deeply about these subjects.
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