Let’s clear something up: AI isn’t coming for your job. It’s coming for jobs done well. If your main skill is clicking “Reply All” or moving Excel cells like it’s performance art, relax. You’re safe.
People keep asking, “Will AI replace me?” And the honest answer is—if you’re irreplaceable, no. If you’re forgettable, maybe. If your most-used workplace phrase is “per my last email,” you might want to start learning to prompt.
Here’s the thing: AI doesn’t crave your cubicle. It doesn’t dream of middle management. It has no interest in your spreadsheets, your expense reports, or your PowerPoint transitions. It’s just doing what you trained it to do—faster, cheaper, and without asking for dental.
What it can’t do is what most bad employees also can’t do: think creatively, adapt quickly, communicate with actual clarity, or—heaven forbid—lead. If your boss needs you for your people skills, your insight, or your ability to not freak out during printer malfunctions, congratulations: you’re human and still useful.
AI is great at patterns. Repetition. Speed. But it still can’t make coffee, detect sarcasm in meetings, or pretend to be productive while scrolling memes on a second monitor. That’s your territory.
So no, AI won’t take your job. Unless your job is literally writing boring LinkedIn posts.
In which case…
Run.
— Sven
