The more I look at AI deployments, the less I think AI is replacing employees. It seems to be replacing junior repetitive tasks. Customer support: AI can answer 1,000 tickets simultaneously. Coding: AI writes boilerplate, tests, and documentation in minutes. Research: AI can read 100 papers faster than a human can read 5. But here's the weird part: Several companies are also reporting higher AI bills than expected. Because the actual stack becomes: AI → monitoring → human rev...