I'd say it's even more complex. Middle-level management exists because CXOs don't want to deal with their employees but at the same time want them to under cont

I'd say it's even more complex. Middle-level management exists because CXOs don't want to deal with their employees but at the same time want them to under control. I don't believe CXOs can trust machines to be as efficient at controlling people as managers. And then CXOs would have to deal with these machines that control people which introduces a new class of problems.