Ask HN: What are the BIGGEST Problems you'd face with a full-AI employee?

Re:Ask HN: What are the BIGGEST Problems you'd face with a f... by Aurornis on Monday July 28, 2025 @08:42AM (#44710271)

This question is so artificial that it’s hard to answer. If we assume the employee really is perfect and indistinguishable from a real person then the issues are all related to the company running it.

Instead of hiring an autonomous individual, you’re contracting out to a specific company. You incur risks related to that company. If the company is breached, all companies using their employees are breached. If law enforcement becomes involved, the rules might be different.

Having your “employees” be bots owned by another company also leaves you vulnerable to being squeezed. What if they get a new CEO who raises prices 5X? Or decides they no longer want to serve your industry? Or some laws or geopolitical dispute means they get cut off one day?

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Re:Ask HN: What are the BIGGEST Problems you'd face with a f... by dontoni on Monday July 28, 2025 @08:59AM (#44710423)

So all or at least main risks of such a service is security and compliance, rather than quality of output?

Couldn’t you make the same argument for Midjourney, for example, which heavily depends on Discord?

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