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nflnewsbyzennie62.com Presents:Why Google Wanting Machines To Replace People Is A Bad Idea At Google Leaders Circle Las Vegas
. A vlog by the YouTube channel named in the video’s upper left corner and serves as the original news source for this content.Las Vegas – (Special to ZennieReport.com) As I write this and before I vlog it, the meeting of something called The Google Leaders Circle is about to get started in Las Vegas. Seems harmless, but consider that the group represents those who run Google talking to their best customers and will tell them basically to replace people with machines. That comes from the take of tech media personality Shelley Palmer, who wrote a rather scary view of what The Google Leaders Circle is up to. Have a read, below.Greetings from Las Vegas. The Google Leaders Circle kicked off last night, and I could not be more excited about today’s AI-focused agenda.In the news: The great AI transformation of 2025 isn’t a technology challenge—it’s a leadership challenge. The tools are already here. What’s missing is the executive vision and operational discipline to use them. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has taken a firm stance: no new hires unless you can prove AI can’t do the job.In a memo shared internally and posted publicly, Lütke announced that headcount requests at Shopify must be preceded by an evaluation of automation. “Prove that AI can’t do it” is now a condition for team growth. AI proficiency will be included in performance reviews. Managers are expected to explore automation before seeking additional human resources. At Shopify, AI is no longer a support tool—it’s the default teammate.This is not a minor operational tweak; it reframes headcount planning, performance management, and workflow design around a single question: can software replace this job function? Back in 2023, Shopify launched “Sidekick,” an AI assistant for merchants that creates discount codes, generates reports, and automates routine tasks. Internally, Lütke wants the same standard to apply; teams are expected to redesign their work assuming autonomous agents are built in from the start.Lütke says this is the fastest shift in work practices he’s seen in his career, yet the policy raises a cascade of questions. Who decides when AI has failed? What metrics determine when a task truly requires a human? Are we building efficiency—or deferring hard decisions to systems that may not be flexible enough (or ready) to do the job?We may be witnessing the emergence of a new leadership doctrine: Assume AI. Prove the need for humans.As always your thoughts and comments are both welcome and encouraged. Just reply to this email. -sPersonally, I think it should be against the law for companies to hire machines over people as a general policy. The reason is we have not reformed our idea of work just yet. And letting this happen, if taken to its logical conclusion, will mean no jobs for people and thus less money circulating in society.. That would cause a collapse of operations of all kinds, from bridge maintenance to education of kids.It’s not that a machine can be better, but that our society is built around the idea of compensating people, not machines. So, if you stop paying people, you cause society to stop working in more ways that one.What are your thoughts? Since others follow the mantra Shelley offers of machines first, I am eager to debate you.
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