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title: What's the Point of Managers?
url: 'https://hils.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-managers'
author: Hilary Gridley
original_published: '2026-03-06'
noted_on: '2026-05-24'
tags:
  - management
  - leadership
  - ai
---

I've spent a fair bit of time thinking about which software laws are "real" and
thus still applicable in the age of AI. I haven't spent a ton of time thinking
through the analogous topic for management. This post does a good job of
outlining the small number of really important things that general managers do
that AI won't immediately make obsolete.