🔥 "We’re Replacing You All": AI Researcher Launches Startup to Automate Every Human Job on Earth

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Tamay Besiroglu — the brain behind the AI think tank Epoch — just dropped a startup so wild, the internet can't decide if it’s a Bond villain origin story or the future of humanity. His new company, Mechanize, has one bold goal:
👉 Replace every human worker with AI.

Yes, you read that right.
Not just your accountant. Not just your lawyer.
Every. Single. One of us.

In a mic-drop moment on X (formerly Twitter), Besiroglu declared his mission to achieve “the full automation of all work.” His target? The global $60 trillion paid annually in wages. If humans are paid for it, he wants an AI to do it instead.

The internet imploded.

Critics say he’s turning his respected AI research org, Epoch, into a joke. Even one of its directors posted:

💥 “The Market is Absurdly Large”

Besiroglu isn’t being coy. Mechanize wants to create the data, tools, and digital playgrounds needed to mechanize every job — starting with white-collar work. Forget the robot arms; these bots are coming for your spreadsheets.

He laid it out in raw numbers:

You have to admire the audacity.

🤖 AI Apocalypse or Golden Age?

Reaction was swift and brutal.
AI experts and fans alike felt betrayed.

Even fans of AI advancement think this might be… too much.

Meanwhile, social media erupted with suspicions that Epoch — once thought to be an impartial AI watchdog — was actually feeding the very beast it was monitoring.

Besiroglu claims transparency. And big names are backing him: Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Patrick Collison, Jeff Dean, and more. Some declined to comment. Others, like AltX managing partner Marcus Abramovitch, said simply:

🌍 A Future Without Jobs?

According to Besiroglu, humans without jobs isn’t a crisis — it’s an upgrade.

Sound too utopian? Critics say the math doesn’t add up. No jobs = no income = no spending. Unless, of course, everyone becomes a landlord, investor, or welfare recipient — paid by the AI bots they used to compete with.

Besiroglu counters:

Because nothing says “bright future” like hoping the robots pay taxes to fund our rent checks.

🛠️ The Problem He’s Actually Solving

Here’s the twist: he’s not wrong about the tech — yet.

AI agents today are… well, dumb. They can’t follow instructions well, lose context, and fall apart on long tasks. Besiroglu is building Mechanize to fix that.

And he’s not alone. Microsoft, Salesforce, OpenAI, and a horde of startups are racing to build the next generation of AI agents — ones that actually work. Mechanize wants to be the platform that powers them all.

But Besiroglu’s not just ideating. He’s hiring.

👀 TL;DR: Should We Be Excited or Terrified?

Mechanize might be a mad science moonshot or the start of humanity’s biggest upgrade. Maybe both. What’s clear:
Tamay Besiroglu just hit the launch button on one of the most controversial startups of the decade.

And whether you’re cheering or clutching your resume — you can’t look away.