AI at Work Isn't Stealing Jobs. It's Stealing Something Worse.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

There is a version of the AI-at-work conversation that mostly takes place in op-eds and earnings calls, and it goes like this: AI will either eliminate jobs or it won’t, and the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. That conversation is fine, as far as it goes. But I think it misses the thing that people actually feel when AI gets woven into their daily work. The thing they feel isn’t fear of being replaced. It’s something quieter and harder to name.

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AI at Work Isn't Stealing Jobs. It's Stealing Something Worse.