AI’s Devastating Wrecking Ball Aims to Shatter Middle Managers — Will You Dodge It?

Time to think about Plan B

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I’m a project manager, and I’m terrified that AI is going to make me its bitch.

The AI revolution scares the bejesus out of me. It makes the hairs on my neck stand up. I can feel its hot breath, like the hounds of Hell, chasing after me as I fumble through my boring spreadsheets and dull slide presentations.

AI has found the soft underbelly of corporate America, and it’s about to sink its fangs into poor schmucks like me.

Here’s what I see coming and how I plan to avoid being put out to pasture.

What exactly do you do here?

Few people understand what middle managers actually do. That’s why they are easy targets for AI to replace.

Heck, my neighbors don’t even understand what I do for a living after I explain it to them.

Most managers are just rungs on the corporate ladder. The shiny nameplate on the door is a worthless status symbol. They got it for slightly outperforming their coworkers in reviews.

These middle management positions maintain the corporate hierarchy that needs stepping stones. But, they don’t create real value for the…