<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Robots In Middle&nbsp;Management]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Scott Adams <a href="http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_future_of_middle_management/" target="_self">anticipates</a> their success:</p> <blockquote> <p>My prediction that robots will dominate management before they dominate blue collar jobs is based on <em>The Dilbert Principle</em>  which observes that the least skilled employees are promoted to  management. You need your most skilled people doing interface design,  engineering, and the hard stuff. Management is mostly about optimizing  resource allocation, and that is something a robot can learn relatively  easily, at least compared to most skilled jobs.</p> </blockquote> <p>Another advantage: the robot manager &quot;can be a  hard-ass jerk as often as that is called for&quot;:</p>]]></html></oembed>