TechFlow News: On March 31, according to TechCrunch, Quinnipiac University conducted a survey from March 19–23, 2026, among 1,397 U.S. adults. The results showed that 15% of respondents were willing to accept an AI program as their direct supervisor—tasking them and scheduling their work—while 70% believed AI development would reduce job opportunities, and 30% of employed respondents worried their own positions might be replaced by AI.
Meanwhile, the trend of AI replacing managerial roles is accelerating across enterprises: Workday launched an AI agent capable of handling employee expense-approval tasks; Amazon deployed AI workflows to replace mid-level management functions and laid off numerous managers; and even Uber engineers built an AI model replicating CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to screen proposals before meetings. The industry has dubbed this trend “The Great Flattening,” and fully AI-operated unicorn companies may emerge in the future.
