Is AI Going To Steal My Job?

Ebipadou Ugo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:34:56 +0000

A lot of people ask this question with the fear that their jobs will be taken away by a bunch of code, and rightfully so because AI is pretty good at doing many things, so let's use a minute to see what AI can really do.

AI in self driving cars can displace taxi drivers, AI can develop software which displaces a lot of junior developers, AI systems can be embedded in robots to perform tasks, so it can greatly displace manual labourers. It can also outperform accountants at a cognitive level, process data and information in milliseconds, multi-task, and even do things like generate images and videos, draw, animate and even produce music. I'm sure you must have seen your job title or description up there and told yourself that once your company announces they wants to integrate AI into their system, you'll turn in your resignation letter.

So, if AI is this brilliant, how can we outperform them? The truth is, you almost can't. They're always going to be faster to solve more problems than an average man, or outperform people in the office in terms of productivity. However, they're things that people can do that AI simply can't. For instance, AI can't solve a complex problem for the first time ever. It has to be seen somewhere, solved, and recorded somewhere on the Internet that the AI can now reference and reproduce. They're not sympathetic, or even actually intelligent. They're just good at recognizing patterns.

AI is a tool, and it's one that should be used. If AI is a tool that you can't use or it cannot be used for your job to make your efficiency better, there's a high chance that it's going to take your job. Honestly, AI is only going to take the jobs of people who can't work with it, but if you master using AI for your business or career, then believe me, AI will be on of you greatest assets.

I hope this helps, and I hope we understand that AI is not the enemy looking out for our jobs, it's made to help with them. It's been real, I see you on the next one.

The Rat Race

Ebipadou Ugo — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:48:15 +0000

It's a weird title for an article, don't you think? I want to talk about it for a little bit, and I think you'll be interested in what I have to say. The rat race is a weird term that describes the exhausting, never-ending, highly competitive struggle of modern life—especially in the world of work, career advancement, money, status, and material success.

Have you ever had the feeling that you're constantly running as fast as you can just to remain in the same place (or to barely move forward), often sacrificing health, relationships, free time, personal passions, and peace of mind in the process? Yeah, these are common symptoms of the "rat race" plague.

Many people want to become the type of adults who can exist in this world, carry all the adult responsibilities, and still hold on to the passions they had as teens. Think about how many of your friends played instruments, wrote code for fun, tinkered around with stuff, painted portraits, and just lived freely when they were younger—only to grow up and become the grumpy old timer they never wished to be. That's what the rat race does. It creeps up on you when you least expect it, and like an adrenaline shot, it sends signals to your brain that constantly remind you that you need to survive the constantly crashing economy of your society. So while you try to stay afloat financially and handle your responsibilities like an adult, it silently strips you of your essence—your dreams. That's why you can see a guy in his early 20s dreaming about owning his own animation studio, only to see him again as a middle-aged man working a 9-to-5 as an animator at DreamWorks. It's not a bad job, honestly, and it only cost him his dreams—but I guess that's okay for him.

My question is this: Is that okay for you though?
Are you ready to risk the security and predictability that come with a 9-to-5 with decent pay for a dream that may only ever remain a dream?
Or are you going to step out of the cages built around the rat race and try to play with the big cats outside?

I know that this wasn't particularly about tech—I guess that's what makes me different—but for the question I asked earlier, I have my answer, and in a couple of years from now, I can't wait to see what yours was.

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Is AI Going To Steal My Job?

The Rat Race