THE AUTOMATION SURPLUS

The machines are coming for the payroll. Governor Newsom is telling state agencies to figure out how to handle the fallout from AI job losses. This is not a plan to stop the technology. It is an attempt to manage the human wreckage.

The state is looking for ways to mitigate the impact of automation on the workforce. There is no way to prevent the replacement of human minds with algorithms. The government is just trying to keep the chaos from becoming visible.

The following features define this decay.

• Human labor becomes obsolete.
• The workforce becomes a liability.
• The state attempts to manage the surplus of useless people.

The software works better and does not need healthcare. The algorithm does not ask for a living wage. We are witnessing the systematic removal of human agency from the economy.