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AI Orchestration: The Human Job in the days of AI

AI Orchestration: The Human Job in the days of AI

AI Orchestration: The Human Job in the days of AI

In recent years, we have seen the rapid development and improvement of Artificial Intelligence Models particularly Large Language Models and other Multimodal Models. But in 2026, we saw an explosion of these tools and models having the capabilities of doing extra human work faster and cheaper. To be very honest, this has led to lots of professionals panicking and asking the most pertinent economic question right now

"WILL AI TAKE MY JOB?"

Simple answer? Yes. Full stop!.

But!

There's a catch and possibly a glimmer of hope somewhere.

Now i am no thought-leader in the affairs of the economy or even A.I (I still learn everyday and some times it is hard to keep up) and i also have fears about job displacement but i think the answer to that question of AI taking over jobs is 'AI Orchestration'.

Now what is AI orchestration?

AI orchestration in my opinion is the coordination and management of AI models, integration of AI agents to the workflow of humans. It covers the efficient implementation, integration, deployment and maintenance of the components in a greater AI system.

So i said to myself, maybe my job description has now changed from the human builder to the human in the loop. I no longer get to just write out codes, solve mathematical problems, but rather get to plan, organise, iterate, coordinate and monitor the automation process of these AI tools because despite the advancements in these tools, the understanding of the human wants and needs are complex and the contexts of these needs can only be understood by humans themselves. So here's the shift in my mindset:

  1. Automation of technicalities
    Firstly, the technical stuff (though still important to understand for proper supervision) has been largely automated and we no longer need to deal with the constraints of this. So we move towards what matters the most when building products.

  2. Choosing the right goals
    Secondly, choosing the right goals has become increasingly important (Always has been anyway) but as mentioned in the previous texts, the human mind is complex and requires a lot of context and perspective from an experiential standpoint of the real-world rather than a descriptive standpoint from multiple data sources. Therefore, the human job becomes like this:

  3. Define the problem

  4. Choose the right tradeoffs acceptable

  5. Define what a success metric should be

  6. Defining Values, Constraints and Ethics
    AI Orchestration amplifies power. Humans get to set the boundaries on what is allowed such as:

  7. The data allowed

  8. Actions prohibited

  9. Risks involved

  10. What should never be optimized for

Well till Artificial Superintelligence comes, i believe any technical role of humans is still very important only that it has been distilled into the role of an Orchestrator.

Interesting times

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