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I think the real story isn’t that AI will replace 11.7% of workers. It is that we are about to discover that far more than 11.7% of the work we do was never act

I think the real story isn’t that AI will replace 11.7% of workers. It is that we are about to discover that far more than 11.7% of the work we do was never actually work in the first place. Workflows that were untouchable will now be overhauled and the productivity gains just raises the throughput ceiling.

sublinear 11mo ago
You're right that there are inefficiencies, but almost entirely communication overhead (pointless meetings, synchronous work, etc). What AI brings is the ability to bridge those communication gaps. Instead of bugging the engineer people can ask the AI for a summary of completed and ongoing work. Instead of needing so many meetings the AI can coordinate when people check in with it.