The question isn’t if AI will replace jobs. It’s which ones—and when.
Microsoft just dropped a study analyzing 200,000+ real Copilot conversations.
The results are nothing but brutal clarity: 40 jobs are at high risk of extinction. Another 40 are relatively safe.
This isn’t a sci-fi headline. This is the ground shifting beneath our feet.
Here’s the Microsoft Research Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.07935v2
The Jobs on the Chopping Block
Writers. Translators. Journalists. Customer service reps. Even data scientists.
Notice the pattern?
These are roles where success = words, numbers, and predictable outputs.
AI thrives here. It doesn’t get tired, it doesn’t procrastinate, and it doesn’t demand a raise.
Think of ChatGPT rewriting a press release in seconds. Or a synthetic AI voice replacing your favorite late-night radio DJ. That’s not a hypothetical—it’s already happening.
The Jobs That Survive (For Now)
Phlebotomists. Surgeons. Construction helpers. Massage therapists.
Again—see the pattern?
These are roles where success = touch, trust, unpredictability.
Try asking AI to hold your hand before a surgery. Or to carry a cement bag up three flights of stairs. Or to comfort a grieving family.
That’s where humans still reign supreme. And will, for a while.
The Bigger Lesson Nobody’s Talking About
People think this list is about “safe” vs. “unsafe” jobs.
It’s not.
This is about inputs vs. outcomes.
AI is unbeatable at inputs: drafting, editing, analyzing, responding.
Humans still dominate outcomes: synthesizing, managing, leading, creating trust.
If your entire job is pushing inputs around, AI will catch you.
If your value is in shaping outcomes, you’ll thrive.
What This Means for You (and Us)
- Stop worshipping status. Historians were once seen as intellectual giants. Telemarketers once made fortunes. Both are now on AI’s kill list. Status ≠ security.
- Learn to synthesize. The winners will be those who can combine disciplines—coding + communication, design + business, AI + psychology.
- Entrepreneurship isn’t optional. When machines eat jobs, the safest bet is creating your own. Even if it starts as a side hustle, control is leverage.
- Respect scarcity. Physical labor, trust-based work, and crisis management are scarce—and scarcity drives value.
Think about it: in a world where everyone can draft an article with AI, the rare skill isn’t writing. It’s knowing what to write, why it matters, and how to sell it.
The Silent Revolution
The industrial revolution replaced muscle with machines.
The AI revolution is replacing knowledge with algorithms.
That means the next edge—the human edge—comes from what AI cannot do:
- Trust.
- Empathy.
- Synthesis across silos.
- Accountability under chaos.
That’s the cheat code.
Not knowing which prompt to use, but knowing which outcome matters.
Our Takeaway and Manas’s Prediction
Don’t obsess over whether your job is “safe.”
Ask yourself: “Am I building skills AI can’t easily replicate?”
If the answer is no—pivot.
If the answer is yes—double down.
Because the future of work won’t be about competing with AI.
It’ll be about collaborating with it—and out-playing those who don’t know how.
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Manas 🥂
Founder, Codexai
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