And at the end of the day, companies want to make money. "We dehumanised the workplace a long time ago, and I"m not saying it with any pride," says Lechner. For many companies, it"s still: "If you don"t work, then someone else will come along and do it. And if that"s not gonna help, we"ll allocate it to the AI. And if the AI takes over, we"ll put together a gig workforce." Overwork, or get left behind.