Breaking: Musk's DOGE Planning to Replace 70,000 Federal Workers with AI

The New Feudalism, Part 11: Critics say AI isn't up to the task, and DOGE's initial efforts are proving them correct.

This is part eleven of our multi-part investigation. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 is here, Part 7 is here, Part 8 is here, Part 9 is here, Part 10 is here

A young tech entrepreneur who helped staff Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is now hiring for a massive AI project aimed at replacing tens of thousands of federal workers.

Anthony Jancso, co-founder of government tech startup AccelerateX, posted in a Palantir alumni Slack group that he's staffing a "DOGE orthogonal project to design benchmarks and deploy AI agents across live workflows in federal agencies," according to an April 21 message reviewed by WIRED.

Jancso's bombshell claim: "We've identified over 300 roles with almost full-process standardization, freeing up at least 70k FTEs for higher-impact work over the next year."

The euphemism "higher-impact work" sparked immediate pushback. One Palantir alum bluntly responded: "DOGE does not seem interested in finding 'higher impact work' for federal employees. You're complicit in firing 70k federal employees and replacing them with shitty autocorrect."

AI Agents To Fire Humans

In reality, "higher-impact work" means mass terminations. DOGE has already developed "AutoRIF" tools to streamline firing procedures. The few workers retained would monitor AI systems that replace their colleagues – essentially demoting professionals to AI babysitters.

The project fits perfectly with DOGE's established pattern. They've already deployed:

• "GSAi" at the General Services Administration • "Agency Support Companion" at Social Security Administration • AI-powered phone lines that regularly drop calls and frustrate citizens

These systems have consistently failed to deliver. At Social Security, AI phone systems frequently ignore requests for human agents, instead offering irrelevant information or abruptly ending calls. Training materials for SSA's chatbot omitted critical warnings about not entering personally identifiable information – a staggering oversight for an agency handling Americans' most sensitive data.

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