alt Hacker NewsManaging humans is hard work. Team dynamics are complicated. Communication is uncertain. Relationships which have power imbalances can be fraught. People's lives get messy, and that leaks into their work. Performance is sometimes uneven, and you have to deal with it.
Robots are much easier.
Or in other words, people actually have agency. They have real opinions, emotions, unique perspectives, and what not, and a robot programmer is an intellectual sex doll, ready to confirm all your previously held beliefs were always /absolutely right/.