Replace yourself

If most of your job involves mouse clicks at a computer and you get paid more than the cost of the electricity running through it - AI aims to replace you at work. The cost of birthing your digital workaholic self is plummeting with every new published LLM model and every YC demo day. Make no mistake, AI Start Ups are not looking to replace the SaaS incumbents you use everyday, they want to replace YOU. That is why you should replace yourself before someone else, or something else, does. This requires you to learn how to wield these new tools and turn into trivial automations all your tedious and time consuming tasks. You might use these new skills to accelerate your career or, if you hide it from your boss, unlock more leisure time like the capitalist Keynes envisioned with the 15h work week. Let us not forget that even if your job is replaceable, your presence as a parent, a friend, an artist … is not. ...

August 10, 2025
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