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AI Job Apocalypse? Not So Fast

Pepi Valderrama
3 min readDec 20, 2023

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Is there an AI Job Apocalypse? While it’s true that AI has been shaking up the job market in 2023, AI isn’t snatching jobs like a kid in a candy store. Yet, Elon Musk is out there prophesizing a world where jobs are as obsolete as floppy disks. With so much noise, what’s really going down?

Is AI in a Job Snatching Spree?

According to a ResumeBuilder report, 37% of business honchos used AI to replace human workers in 2023. Sounds scary, right? Yeah, well… not so fast. It’s not quite the robot revolution Elon’s been tweeting about. While AI is definitely reshaping the workplace, it’s not all doom and gloom. The reality? We’re not all about to become couch potatoes living in an AI utopia (or dystopia, depending on your view).

Things are changing, for sure. And the job-hunting arena is quite like the Wild West right now. However, we’re not yet into a Wall-E scenario.

The Human-AI Tango

Let’s face it: AI’s great at crunching numbers and doing the grunt work, but it’s still pretty clueless without a human touch. We need real people to tell these AI-whiz kids what to do, interpret their mumbo jumbo, and actually make decisions. It’s like pairing a rookie with a seasoned pro — the rookie might have the energy, but the pro’s got the know-how.

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Pepi Valderrama
Pepi Valderrama

Written by Pepi Valderrama

I’m an inspirational and motivational life coach and author who is passionate about helping you become the best version of yourself.

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