The Queen of Automation

The Queen of Automation

The Economics of Ghost Work: How Your Automation Is More Human Than You Think

The robots are here—but someone still has to clean up their mess.

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Meghan Donnelly
Mar 11, 2025
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A few weeks ago, I chatted with a founder who automated 90% of his customer support with AI. “It’s incredible,” he said. “The chatbot answers everything. We barely need a team anymore.”

“Barely,” huh?

What he didn’t know—what most people don’t know—is that behind every seamless automation, there’s an invisible army of human workers making sure the whole t…

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