Siemens: Managers Now Delegate to Junior Programmers and AI Agents Side by Side
erikbryn · x · 2026-09-12
Siemens describes a new workplace pattern: senior managers delegate work to junior programmers and AI agents side by side, and junior programmers run their own agents too. Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson calls it becoming the CEO of your own fleet of agents, a glimpse into the AI-shaped future of work.
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