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From the corporations' point of view, humans are computing substrate.

Relevant speech by SF author Charlie Stross, from the 34th Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, December 2017: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-yo...

Wow 34c3, what a blast from the past! I still don't fully understand what "tuwat" meant ha ha. The best I could come up with was "Do something. Don't ask for permission".

They exist to provide value to other entities. There is no requirement for supporting humans or even having employees.

They exist to do things that individuals could not do.

they should give some younger people a shot to move into these management positions.

Maybe those young people should form their own company

This is the correct answer in 2026.