Video summary
The video highlights five specific professions currently facing significant displacement due to artificial intelligence, emphasizing that these are not hypothetical future scenarios but active realities happening today. The first major sector affected is software engineering, a role once considered the safest career path in the tech industry. Major corporations like Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce have already reduced their workforces by thousands of positions because AI can now perform coding tasks that previously required human developers. Similarly, the translation and interpretation industry has seen a sharp decline as AI models can instantly translate documents at a fraction of the cost, leading companies like Duolingo to shift toward an "AI-first" strategy. This trend extends to creative fields where illustrators, concept artists, and copywriters are finding their gigs replaced by image generators and chatbots that produce content in seconds, drastically reducing the demand for freelance work in these areas.
Despite the alarming statistics regarding job cuts, the speaker argues that the solution lies not in resisting technology but in adapting by focusing on skills that AI physically cannot replicate. The core argument presented is that while AI excels at speed, volume, and repetitive tasks, it lacks human accountability, emotional intelligence, and the ability to solve complex, unique problems. Consequently, professionals who survive these shifts are those who have moved beyond basic execution to become high-level problem solvers and trusted advisors. For instance, in sales, roles involving simple outreach are being automated, but positions requiring deep relationship building and nuanced negotiation remain safe. The video illustrates this with stories of individuals who were laid off from tech and creative jobs but successfully rebuilt their careers by documenting their journeys and leveraging AI tools to enhance their personal brands rather than competing directly against the machines.
The narrative concludes by drawing historical parallels to previous technological revolutions, such as the introduction of farm equipment, ATMs, and industrial machinery, which initially caused job losses but ultimately led to the creation of new, often better-paying roles that required higher standards of service and skill. The speaker posits that AI will follow this same pattern: while it eliminates entry-level or commodity-based tasks, it simultaneously creates opportunities for those who can manage, review, and ethically oversee AI outputs. The overarching message is one of empowerment through adaptation; individuals who stop trying to outperform the machine on its own terms and instead focus on building trust, storytelling, and specialized expertise will find that AI becomes a tool to amplify their value rather than a threat to their livelihood. Ultimately, the video encourages viewers to embrace change by developing a unique personal brand and utilizing AI to solve problems in ways that no algorithm ever could.
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So, in this video, we're going to be
talking about the top jobs that AI is
replacing right now. And by the end of
the video, I promise that you will know
exactly where you stand. Now, some of
these jobs are already gone. Some are
being cut as we speak. And some are
careers that people are still going in
debt in order to train for right now
while the door is quietly closing behind
them. And by the way, this is coming
from someone who has spent the last
decade studying which careers actually
pay, which ones are dying, and helping
over a thousand people rebuild when
their old path fell apart. So, when I
tell you which jobs are in trouble, I am
not guessing and I am not
fear-mongering. Last year, AI was cited
in over 54,000 job cuts. This is the
first time in history that it topped
that list. And the pattern that I keep
seeing from people who get hit and who
come out ahead is they stop trying to
out compete the machine at the thing
that the machine is good at. They're
doing the one thing that AI physically
cannot do, and I will show you exactly
what that is. So, I'm going to walk you
through every job on this list, what is
happening, who it's already happened to,
and what the smart ones did next. And by
the way, every number here is from real
sources. I got the receipts. So, these
are not madeup AI numbers. So, if you
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cheersing that like button. Let's jump
into it right now. All right, so let's
start with the one that surprised
everybody and that is software engineers
and software developers. This was
supposed to be the safe job that went
first. So, software engineers were
supposed to be the safest job of the
decade. Learn to code, they said. Name
your salary, work from anywhere. Then AI
learned to code too and companies
realize that they need fewer humans to
ship the same product. Amazon cut 14,000
corporate jobs and CEO Andy Jasse told
staff flat out that AI means they will
need fewer people doing the jobs that
are being done today. Microsoft cut
around 15,000. Salesforce, Meta, and
Cisco all did the same. And Cisco openly
admitted the cuts were because of AI.
Now, a good example of what happens next
is a guy who goes by Asian Dad Energy.
He got laid off after 25 years in tech.
25 years and he was gone. So he sat down
and he told the whole story, the
anxiety, the sacrifice, the part that
nobody talks about.
>> This layoff has led me to feel very
confused,
disoriented,
a little bit excited as well. And that
one video got over 1.3 million views.
And that video did not just get him
sympathy, it started making him money.
And on some days, he made more money
than the job ever did. So he turned the
layoff into the best thing that happened
to him. Another one is Maria Talks Tech,
a senior software engineer who got laid
off and made a video literally asking,
"Did AI replace me?" And Megan Lou, a
data scientist who lost her sixfigure
tech job and put the whole thing on
camera. Same story over and over. The
job disappeared and the ones who
documented their story out loud landed
something better. Now, there's a few
caveats here that I just want to cover
very quickly. One, most of the people
who lost their jobs were typically
junior devs, people who were kind of
trying to learn and they weren't as
skilled. and two, companies are now
basically hiring a ton of people back.
So, if you are a skilled developer or a
skilled engineer, in my opinion, your
job is still completely safe. Of course,
you might get laid off if your entire
department gets laid off or something
like that, but you're going to get a job
elsewhere very quickly. So, I know this
is pretty obvious advice, but make sure
that you're very skilled and make sure
that you're just a good problem solver
in general. Because if you're a really
good problem solver, doesn't really
matter if the tech changes, you're going
to be able to adapt very quickly and
solve the problems. YouTube and building
your personal brand just got 10 times
easier and nobody's talking about it.
And the reason it got 10 times easier is
because of AI and specifically Cloud AI.
And that's what we're going to be
talking about in this week's live
training that we're doing. Click the
link down in the description in the pin
comment below. I will be there. I'll be
answering questions before, during, and
after. We'll also be giving you an AI
that's been designed to help you pick
your niche if you don't have one in the
first place or if you already have one
that's going to help you make it 10
times better. So, we worked very hard on
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We've literally gotten hundreds of
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I'll see you on the other side. All
right. Next is a job that AI came for
first and hardest, and that was
translators and interpreters. And
basically this is pretty simple. You
turn one language into another. And this
is one of the very first white collar
jobs that AI got genuinely good at. Why
pay a human for every document when a
model does it in seconds for pennies?
Duolingo went quote AI first. Offboarded
about 10% of its contractors and
primarily translators and writers. Then
launched 148 AI generated courses. And
the CEO literally said, I want to make
it official. Dolingo is going to be an
AI first company. And a perfect example
is a woman who runs a channel called
Midlife Crisis Diaries. Cambridge
degree, chartered linguist, and over 15
years as a professional translator. An
AI took the whole career. So at 39, she
started completely over and she did it
out loud on camera telling the truth
about starting again.
>> Things have been deteriorating for a
while in terms of work. Slowly over the
past 12 to 18 months thanks to AI.
>> And that video has almost 300,000 views
and thousands of people in the comments
saying, "Me, too." Then there's a
translator named Bolan 10 years in the
field who to put it bluntly translation
or at least the way he did it just is
not viable anymore and people showed up
to listen. Now just to be clear the
translators that typically got laid off
were the ones who did bulk commodity
translation entry-level interpreters and
anyone competing purely on just speed or
price of straightforward text. And the
ones who survived were people that were
in highstakes translation or
interpretation such as legal, medical
and technical specialists, literary
translators, live or simultaneous
interpreters, for instance, people at
diplomatic conferences where every
single word matters, post editors and AI
output reviewers and niche language
pairs. Right? So the people who survived
were high stakes, high specialization or
legally or ethically required human
accountability professionals. But the
ones who got wiped out were commodity,
low stakes and price competitive
professionals. So again, same exact
pattern here. Generally speaking, the
people that were higher skilled or more
specialized were the ones who did well.
And that brings us into a third one,
which is surprising, and that is sales.
Now, let me just be very clear here.
Sales is incredibly safe if you choose
the right type of sales job, but there
are certain types of sales jobs that
actually were affected by AI. So sales
might feel AI proof until you realize
how much of it is now automated
outreach, AI chat agents, and software
closing the simple stuff before a human
ever picks up the phone. So, a video
from Tech Sales with Higher Levels
covered a video about AI taking over
sales jobs.
>> A lot of fear in the market and this
isn't going to be a blind like
everything's okay. Like, there's a lot
changing.
>> And they talked about which jobs are
being taken over and which ones are
safe. And a lot of the really
repetitive, really basic stuff is being
taken over, but the truth is this is the
stuff that human beings probably didn't
want to do anyways. And this is where I
want to introduce you to one of our
community members named Isaiah Harris.
Now, Isaiah almost got laid off from his
sales job. And instead of waiting for it
to happen, he bet on himself. He found
my free content, started watching,
showed up to one of my live trainings,
which you can check out by clicking the
link in the description in the pin
comment below. And off that alone, he
got to $20,000 in a single month, and he
did this by building his YouTube channel
out. Then he went deeper and he grew a
brand new channel to 9,000 subscribers
and 33,000 in profit. And recently, he
crossed over 100,000 in revenue from
that exact channel. And this is the same
guy who is about to lose his sales job.
And here's what he figured out, and what
every person on this list figured out
the hard way. AI might be able to
replace your job, but it cannot replace
you. It cannot replace your face, your
story, your name, your problem solving
ability, your ability to adapt to new
circumstances, and an audience that
trusts you. So, if you want to learn
exactly how Isaiah was able to do this,
click the link in the description in the
pin comment below to attend my
completely free live training. And also,
we'll be giving away an AI that helps
you pick your niche or dial in the
existing niche that you already have.
All right, so next one on the list is
genuinely painful to watch, and that is
illustrators, concept artists, and 3D
artists that spent years mastering their
crafts. And image generators can now
spit out basically the same work in 10
seconds, what used to take days. And
clients noticed, and a lot of them just
stopped hiring. So, a Harvard study
found that image generation freelance
gigs dropped by around 17% within 8
months of Chat GBT launching, and it
continued to go down from there. And a
writer named Bryant Merchant documented
working artists losing gigs, wages, and
hope as their bosses switched to AI. He
even said it in this video, the human
cost of AI and automation. The machinery
could not produce just as it cannot
today with with creative uh works. It
could not produce work that was nearly
on par with what was being produced by
the skilled artisans, the skilled
craftsman. It was a inferior
mass-produced alternative. Another
example is an illustrator named Holly
Exley. She found that her own art was
scraped to train the models replacing
her. And she made a video about watching
her industry get devalued in real time.
>> I'm sure that there are AI systems out
there that can reproduce work that's
very similar, if not identical, to my
style because I've seen this happen to
other artists.
>> Now, by the way, there's a lot of talk
of class action lawsuits, etc., because
the AI models in many cases did actually
scape real artists and never gave them
credit. But that's a topic for another
video. Then there's Lady Blumen Call, an
art student who watched AI take over her
field before she even had graduated. And
that video hit 276,000 views. And then
Muhammad Agbadi, who broke down how the
flood of AI art on places like Etsy is
killing the income the artists used to
count on. Now, every one of them did the
same thing, and that is they stopped
hiding and they started talking. Same
thing with graphic designers, of course.
There's this guy who made a video about
being laid off after 25 years in the
design industry. After 25 years working
in the creative industry, I was fired.
>> And I can definitely speak to this one
as someone who's an expert on YouTube
thumbnails. AI is very useful for making
the thumbnails. But if you aren't
actually good at making thumbnails in
the first place, and you don't know what
a good thumbnail looks like, AI will
just help you make more thumbnails, if
I'm being honest. And it'll help you do
it faster as well. And the best
thumbnail designers in the world on
YouTube are still getting paid a premium
to make good thumbnails. Now, here's
another one that I saw. This is uh
copywriters and content writers. And
this is a job that AI came for really
fast and it actually made headlines. And
copywriters and content writers
basically get paid to put out words on a
page. And there's a chatbot that writes
a,000 words in 5 seconds for free. And
this is a pretty good tool for a
costcutting company. Now, a perfect
example of this is Alex Weey. He wrote
blog articles for an online business for
years and then they replaced him with AI
and let him go. So he made one video
about it called I lost my freelance
writing job to AI. And that video got
over 780,000 views. This is 780,000 off
the exact thing that got him fired.
>> And how else can I say it? Recently, I
lost this job to AI.
>> And he made a follow-up. And by then, it
was not a Saab story. It was a start of
something bigger. And so, it's pretty
obvious that when life gave him lemons,
he turned it into lemonade. And if I'm
being honest with you guys, like AI is
not that much different from every other
technological advancement that's pretty
much happened since the free market
became a thing. It's not that different
from social media or the internet or
computers or vehicles or farm equipment
for that matter, right? Hundreds of
years ago when farm equipment first came
out, almost everybody worked on farms.
That's how they made a living. And then
farm equipment came out and they pretty
much all lost their jobs. But then what
happened? Well, tons of other jobs
popped up. And these jobs were in many
cases way better than the jobs that
people were working on farms. And then
the industrial revolution happened and
lots of factory jobs got automated by
machines. A lot of people lost their
jobs and then even more jobs popped up
that were way better than the factory
jobs and on and on. You can just go
example after example after example,
even industry specific examples. For
instance, when ATMs first came out, all
the bankers were thinking that they were
going to lose their jobs and the bank
tellers and all that. And what ended up
happening is yeah, a lot of the people
that could only count cash. That was
their only skill. Lost their jobs. But
then it just shifted over to instead of
counting cash because that's something
that a machine can easily do. They
started giving really good service at
banks. And what do you know? banks still
employ a ton of people. So in many cases
when these types of things happen,
whenever one job gets eliminated, lots
of other jobs pop up. It's kind of like
whack-a-ole. You hit one mole and two
moles pop up. But second of all,
people's standards for service goes up.
And so the ATM example is a perfect
example of that, right? Before ATMs came
out, people's standards for service was
probably pretty low. When you interacted
with a teller, most of the time they
were just going to be counting cash. But
after that, the standard went up and
banks had to hire people that were
really good at customer service and were
really good at making sure that people
had a good time when they visited the
bank and that made transactions and all
of the different services they did
faster, easier, and better. And
actually, so many of the people that
we've trained in our community are doing
better than ever in the age of AI. And
they're doing it in many cases by
teaching people how to get into jobs.
And in many cases, they're doing it with
very alternative methods, ways of making
a living that didn't exist 5 or 10 years
ago. people like Isaiah, for instance,
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