Archive · 11 Jun 2025
AI Startup Aims to Automate All Jobs
A new company called Mechanize wants to build AI that can do any job, from coding to being a doctor!
They plan to use AI to make programs that learn how to do work by trying different things and getting rewards or punishments.
Although they believe this would make society richer, they are not sure how people will be affected by losing their jobs and have not planned for the change.
Experts predict this change will take at least a decade or more.
Mechanize, an AI startup, aims to fully automate all jobs.
The company is using reinforcement learning to train AI for complex tasks.
Mechanize is starting with automating software engineering.
Full automation could take 10-30 years, according to founders.
The company's approach has raised concerns about job displacement and societal readiness.
- Who
- Mechanize, its founders Tamay Besiroglu, Ege Erdil, and Matthew Barnett.
- What
- Mechanize's goal to fully automate all jobs using AI.
- When
- Ongoing, with projections of 10-30 years for full automation.
- Where
- San Francisco (event location).
- Why
- To create a fully automated economy.
Concerns About Job Displacement
Potential for Economic Growth
Impact on Workers
Concerns About Job Displacement
Job displacement could lead to economic hardship.
Potential for Economic Growth
AI will accelerate economic growth and create radical abundance.
- Company Name
- Mechanize
- Focus
- Full Automation of Jobs via AI
- Method
- Reinforcement Learning
- Founders
- Tamay Besiroglu, Ege Erdil, and Matthew Barnett
- Estimated Timeline
- 10-30 years for full automation
