‘Mechanize’ claims ‘full automation’ of economy as AI threatens millions of jobs

Amid the global threat of AI taking away millions of jobs in the near future, a US entrepreneur and famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu has launched 'Mechanize' startup which claims "the full automation of all work" and "the full automation of the economy."

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Founder of non-profit AI research organisation called Epoch, Besiroglu says he is starting a new company: Mechanize. "Mechanize will build virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data to enable the full automation of all work," he posted on X social media platform.

Mechanize is focused on developing virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data that will enable the "full automation of the economy".

The market potential here is absurdly large: workers in the US are paid around $18 trillion per year in aggregate.