If AI Can Do Your Job, Why Should They Keep You?

Malaika M Khan

Last Updated: July 17, 2025
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How to Stay Relevant When AI’s Getting Better by the Minute

Let’s rip the bandage off:
If your job is just… copy-paste, follow instructions, send reminders, reply “Noted” — AI can probably do it better. And cheaper.

But here’s the twist:

That doesn’t mean you’re replaceable.
It just means you have to bring what AI can’t.

Because while AI’s out here passing exams and writing code, it still can’t:

  • Understand messy emotions in a team

  • Sell an idea in a room full of half-listening humans

  • Strategise through chaos

  • Build trust

  • Spot the one insight everyone missed

So the question isn’t: “Will AI take my job?”
It’s: “What am I doing that AI can’t?”

Let’s talk about that.

So… Is AI finally taking over my job?

AI Isn’t the End of Your Job. It’s the End of Lazy Work.

Here’s what’s already getting automated:

  • Basic reports

  • Social media captions (the soulless kind)

  • Scheduling

  • Translations

  • FAQs

  • First drafts of pretty much anything

That’s not scary. That’s liberating.

Because it means you get to stop doing the robotic stuff and start leaning into what actually makes you valuable.

The AI Takeover: A Hilarious Look at the Future | by Jagadeesh Pondara | Medium

Here’s how.

What Makes You Irreplaceable in an AI World

Strategic Thinking: Can you look at a mess of data and say, “Here’s what matters”? That’s gold.

Clear Communication: AI can write. But only you can sense the tone, audience, and when to send the risky-but-worth-it email.

People Skills: Team tensions? Client chaos? Managers being weird? AI has no clue what to do. You do.

Problem Solving: Not “Google it” solving. Real-time, what-do-we-do-now kind of problem solving.

Creativity With Context: Anyone can generate ideas. You know which ones land. And why.

The AI Takeover: A Hilarious Look at the Future | by Jagadeesh Pondara | Medium

Don’t Know Where You Shine Yet? That’s Where We Come In.

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AI isn’t replacing jobs. It’s replacing job descriptions.
Your job? Is to make sure your name still belongs in the room.

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If AI’s Taking the Low-effort Work, What Are You Doing With the Extra Room?

The people who rise in the AI era aren’t the ones who resist it.
They’re the ones who use it — and then do what it can’t.

Think bigger. Lead better. Speak smarter.
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