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A few more years, and Microsoft Middle Manager 2.0 will be doing this job.

AIs will take over middle management simply because they're faster and have more bandwidth than humans. They don't have to be smarter, just better coordinated. As Patton once said, "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

Programs already run lower management. At Uber and Amazon, the computer is the foreman.

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I'd go further and claim that it is easier to replace a middle manager, heck even a senior manager, using AI than it is to replace the ICs. As AI context windows increase to the point where they can ingest the important company documents and communications, the skills of an LLM are the ideal replacement for management.

The primary function of any level of manager is to be an individual and distinct responsibility (including accountability) point. LLMs don't work for that.

How does being an individual help as a manager? How does it help to have someone who takes responsibility for mistakes compared to blaming those mistakes on an AI? Does taking responsibility for mistakes make you more money somehow? Maybe you're just being sarcastic?

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