Mechanize, launched by AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu, seeks to fully automate the economy and all work, focusing initially on white-collar jobs. While this ambitious goal may have a market potential of $60 trillion globally, the startup faces backlash on social media, with concerns about the implications for human workers. The mission seems both groundbreaking and absurd, leading to skepticism about its practicality and ethical considerations, particularly from individuals associated with Besiroglu's previous venture, Epoch, which is well-respected in AI research.
Such is the case with Mechanize, a startup whose founder - and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch - is being skewered on X after he announced it.
Besiroglu even calculated Mechanize's total addressable market by aggregating all the wages humans are currently paid. "The market potential here is absurdly large: workers in the US are paid around $18 trillion per year in aggregate."
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