April 24, 2026 at 4:00 pm Updated April 24, 2026 at 4:00 pm More than 70% of Americans are in a panic over whether they will lose their jobs to artificial intelligence, a new poll indicates, and there is every reason to be worried; the layoffs have already begun. But those who end up keeping their jobs may not be much happier with the changes AI is bringing. A new startup, Kuse AI, has created an AI office employee named Junior that keeps track of every human employee’s email, pace of work and progress on projects, attends every Zoom meeting and constantly reports to the boss while sending persistent notices to co-workers to pick up the pace. And, however polite the prodding may be, there is no way to permanently please a snoopy machine designed to set ever-higher productivity goals for human workers. Junior, after all, is on the job 24 hours a day with no need for sleep, no outside interests, no family, no tiring body and no need for simple musing, daydreaming or goofing off.…