{"slug": "employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend", "title": "Employers Are Treating More Workers As Disposable. AI Could Speed Up That Trend", "summary": "MIT emeritus professor Paul Osterman estimates that 35% of workers are already treated as disposable, and artificial intelligence could accelerate this trend, creating an even less secure workforce, according to Forbes.", "body_md": "# Employers Are Treating More Workers As Disposable. AI Could Speed Up That Trend\n\nBy Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes StaffSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)MIT emeritus professor Paul Osterman estimates 35% of workers are already treated as disposable and\n\n[artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence)could create an even less secure workforce.Get AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-s-ghnm", "published_at": "2026-08-11 18:19:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 20:12:44.343574+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Paul Osterman", "MIT", "Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/employers-are-treating-more-workers-as-disposable-ai-could-speed-up-that-trend.jsonld"}}