Would you trade your manager for a chatbot? A growing number of Americans are saying yes.

AI Manager Adoption Among Americans

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they’d be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,397 adults in the United States and conducted the poll between March 19 and 23, 2026. The questions included topics such as AI adoption, trust, and job fears.

Of course, most respondents said they wouldn’t be willing to swap their human boss for an AI people manager. Still, the use of AI as a supervisor is gaining popularity, even if one isn’t directly in charge of steering entire teams of people. In fact, companies like Workday have launched AI agents that can file and approve expense reports on employees’ behalf. Amazon has also deployed new AI workflows to replace some of the responsibilities of middle management, and in doing so, has laid off thousands of managers. At Uber, engineers built an AI model of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to field pitches before meetings with their actual boss.

The Great Flattening and Worker Concerns

Across organizations, AI is being used to replace layers of management in a phenomenon some are calling “The Great Flattening.” Soon, we may even see entire billion-dollar companies run by one person, with fully automated employees and executives. This represents a big shift in business structure, so it’s no surprise that Americans feel wary about what this means for their job prospects.

The majority of respondents in Quinnipiac’s survey, 70%, believe that advances in AI will lead to a decrease in the number of job opportunities for people. Among employed Americans, 30% were either very concerned or somewhat concerned that AI would make their specific job obsolete. Transitioning to a future with more AI-driven supervision seems inevitable, yet it continues to spark uncertainty about job security and organizational changes.

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