alt Hacker NewsBingo! (Mostly, the AI stuff is a bit overblown)
This is already happening by large margins. Companies hiring contractors in India or Brazil to do the work that a full time employee used to do.
If WFH can be done in Arizona, it can be done just as easily in Colombia for half the price.
It's like saying you don't need a big ship to cross the ocean. If you have something that floats you can just get on it.
Ofc, it's true, you might get to the same destination. But the journey would be so different you can hardly call it the same thing.