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The people AI is displacing may be the ones holding everything together

Media | April 14, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Crain's Cleveland Business: Andrew Medvedev, the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management, warned that AI’s biggest risk is eroding the “informal system”—human judgment, relationships and culture that prevent mistakes. He says AI speeds top-down decisions while stripping away unseen safeguards, leaving organizations more efficient but dangerously exposed without people who can interpret, challenge and act on data.