Replacing Employees with AI
A social media post argues that CEOs attempting to replace workers with AI face cost and operational challenges. The author notes that token expenses for AI agents can exceed former employee wages and that AI systems halt when tokens are depleted. The post also highlights concerns about granting AI extensive access to corporate assets without loyalty.
- ▪The post claims that the token costs for running AI agents now exceed the salaries of the employees they replaced.
- ▪When the token supply runs out, the AI stops functioning, leading to a loss of continuity in operations.
- ▪The author warns that AI agents require full access to systems, patents, contracts, and future plans, which raises security and loyalty concerns.
- ▪The commentary suggests that replacing human staff with AI may result in higher expenses and increased risk rather than cost savings.
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Sir Escanor (𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳)@EscanorReloadedCEOs are quietly realizing the AI replacement plan has a problem. Two problems, actually. One: the token costs for running AI agents are now exceeding what they were paying the employees they fired. Two: when the tokens run out, the AI stops. Just stops. No continuity. No workaround. Just a spinning wheel where your workforce used to be. You fired humans to save money and bought a subscription that bills you into a corner. The employees you let go knew what to do when things broke. The AI just invoices you for the outage. And then there’s the permission problem nobody wants to talk about. To do its job, the AI agent needs access. Full access. Your systems, your patents, your contracts, your future plans.
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