Jack Dorsey is pitching artificial intelligence as a replacement for middle managers in his reimagined view of how technology companies should function, weeks after Block Inc. announced it was cutting nearly half its staff.
Dorsey outlined his thesis for the future of organizational structures in a blog post co-authored by Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha, arguing that AI could replace layers of management that traditionally coordinate work across companies.
The post comes after Block said it was cutting about 4,000 employees in February, describing the decision as a bet on artificial intelligence changing the future of work, even as ...