Everyone’s panicking… again.
- AI will replace all jobs
- We’re all doomed
- I can replace my entire team with OpenClaw bots
Sigh.
Every flipping week. The sky is falling. Time for UBI.
Please make it stop.
Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We assume the world stays exactly the same, then freak out about hypotheticals. We fix what’s not yet broken and make it worse.
I’ve been running my bot Hoss for two weeks. He’s helpful. He’s also reset himself three times and lost his memory six times. Even if he was perfect, he’s not replacing anyone anytime soon.
Competency Isn’t Output. It’s Intangibles.
Augmented humans.
- Which problem is worth solving
- When to say no — that less is more
- Bots always think they could fix one more thing
- That love saying things like “Perfect… I can build that” instead of “maybe you shouldn’t build that”
I watched a vibe coder demo recently. Kitchen sink approach. 100 features because the AI said yes to everything. Beautiful demo. Nightmare in production. Bots didn’t mention that an MVP (Minimum Viable Product), then iteration, is sometimes the better approach.
The models don’t understand restraint.
Some of the smartest people I know are the worst humans. Wouldn’t last a week on a deserted island. I know because I wouldn’t last a week on a deserted island.
Smart people think that all problems are solved by intelligence and throwing around is everything.
It’s not true.
Then the beancounters get involved and they see all problems as beans that need to be reduced. “We can buy 20 of these for a few hundred a month.” They see only human replacement, not judgment. But real competence is knowing things we can’t teach an AI.
AI is a multiplier for competent people. A disaster for the confidently incompetent. When the AI behaves more like “Chad GPT.”
- Can it replace tasks? Sure.
- Can it replace judgment? Not even close.
- Can it replace the person everyone wants to help? Never.
Also, the “replace everyone with bots” crowd haven’t set one up. They see the 30-second magic tricks, not the 20 failed attempts and hallucinations.
What’s the intangible skill you have that AI can’t replace?
Looks simple but is 90% judgment.
