15% of Americans say they would be willing to work for an AI boss

Can you sell your manager with a chatbot? Most Americans say yes.

According to a Quinnipiac University Poll published Monday, 15% of Americans say they would be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigns tasks and sets schedules. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,397 adults in the United States and conducted the survey – which included questions about Adopting AI, trust, and fear at work – between March 19 and 23, 2026.

Of course, most respondents said they wouldn’t trade their employer for an AI human resource manager. But the use of AI as a supervisor is increasing, even if one is not supervising entire groups of people.

Companies like Workday have launched AI-powered assistants file and approve financial reports instead of employees. Amazon is they deployed new AI methods to change other central positions, to resign thousands of managers in the way. Engineers at Uber he also built the AI ​​brand for CEO Dara Khosrowshahi meet their real boss.

In all organizations, AI is being used to replace managers in what some call “The Great Flattening.” Soon, we can start to see All companies are billions of dollarsand self-employed workers and the directors.

Americans care about what it means for their jobs. Most of the respondents in the Quinnipiac survey – 70% – said that they believe that the advancement of AI will lead to a decrease in job opportunities for people. Among employed Americans, 30% were either worried or concerned that AI will make their jobs obsolete.