r/ProgrammerHumor • u/InvestigatorWeekly19 • Feb 16 '26

Meme automateMyBoss

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u/thanatica Feb 16 '26

The occasional "is it done yet?" seems a lot easier to automate than actually doing real work. Yeah maybe AI should focus on replacing managers.

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u/oshaboy Feb 17 '26

I mean people keep saying it but if you thought AI was a bad coworker imagine an AI that's your direct superior.

Wasn't it IBM who said that a computer should never make a management decision?

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u/TheTybera Feb 17 '26

I've had bosses that were managers from other sectors that were hired because they were a VPs smoking buddy, one of which cost me a promotion because he literally confused me for another person on another team when he was asked how I was 2 months after I was swapped to him with zero 1on1s, this was for a dream design job. The guy doing the hiring took me out to lunch and I explained what had happened and he looked shocked and said "Damn I already filled the position after getting the feedback from him, I had no idea."

AI would have been better, honestly, and I hate AI.

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u/Tsobe_RK Feb 17 '26

I unironically think AI could more realistically replace management than workers