[buno]

It's science fiction, because when you have this capabilities you don't need any payroll system, you just let the AI do the job Joe was doing.

The system you are describing is far more intelligent than Joe, there's no point to use it to solve a operational problem, just point it to the problem Joe is solving.

Or even better to the problem that create the need for Joe role.

Your scenario will never exist.

[htfu]

doesn't matter if it's just some agent using the system in the end, you do understand you still need an actual system for consistency etc, right? Just that instead of cirrent "making something possible" it'll mainly be for restricting what's possible, hence forming a stable format. That will never ever stop being a thing, even if the inputs and possibly outputs are entirely rock n roll it still requires coercion into something suitable for storage and processing.