After automation: why AI progress creates more human work, not less
danshipper · x · 2026-10-25
Every CEO Dan Shipper's long essay on the AI paradox: his 30-person company uses Codex and Claude Code across coding, writing, design and support, yet keeps hiring humans and SaaS tools. Work has transformed—no hand-written code, Slack @-mentions may reach an agent, AI answers 95% of his email—but headcount remains. He defines slop as "visible sameness, repeated ad nauseam," and contrasts Dario Amodei's warning about half of entry-level white-collar jobs with Meta's 8,000 layoffs and keystroke-monitoring for training data, arguing AI progress creates more human work, not less.
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