"This was never a partnership. It was a lease." In Part 16 of AI Futures, we explore the breaking of the back-office model. For twenty years, cities from Bangalore to Manila to Nairobi flourished on the promise of remote labor. Today, that promise is being erased by a tool that doesn't need a visa, a salary, or a time zone.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Bypass: Why work isn't moving to "cheaper" countries anymore—it's staying in the data center.
• The Return Wave: The crisis of overqualified, replaced expats returning to domestic markets that have no room for them.
• The End of Delegation: How workflow engines and legal models are making "offshoring" an obsolete concept.

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