
What job will be the last to be replaced by AI?
21/06/2025
For years, we believed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) would only replace repetitive and manual tasks; we thought that a "creative" or "complex" job would be safe.
But the present is proving otherwise.
- AI already writes scripts for movies and series.
- Designs complete advertising campaigns in minutes.
- Diagnoses diseases with surgical precision.
- Codes programs, resolves bugs, and builds digital products tirelessly.
What was once considered "unthinkable" for a machine is now part of its daily routine. And it is doing it faster, cheaper, and often... better than us.
So... what job will survive AI?
Automation no longer threatens only blue-collar workers or routine employees. Now, highly skilled jobs are also at risk:
Designers, journalists, copywriters, software engineers, lawyers... all are seeing how their tasks can be replicated (or augmented) by algorithms.
So, the question is no longer "when"... but who will be the last to be replaced?
What could save us: the deeply human
As AI grows in speed and capability, the only thing it cannot perfectly imitate are our most human dimensions.
1. Empathy
Caring, emotional connection, containment.
An AI can simulate an emotion... but it cannot feel it.
Example: In mental health or palliative care, human presence is still irreplaceable.
2. Intuition
Making decisions without having all the data, but with experience, context, and sensitivity.
AI calculates. We intuit.
3. Ethics
Differentiating between what is useful and what is right.
Algorithms have no conscience. We do.
Example: A human judge can consider a person's personal history. An AI only sees numbers.
4. Radical creativity
Not just creating, but breaking rules and making unexpected leaps.
AI can combine what exists... but can it imagine what has never existed?
The real issue is not AI... it's us
AI is advancing at an incredible speed.
But what about us?
The risk is not that AI is too powerful.
The risk is that we do not learn to work with it.
It is not about resisting.
It is about adapting, integrating, evolving.
AI not only threatens to automate what we do... it also tests our ability to redefine who we are.
Conclusion: Are you ready to not be the next?
Work as we knew it is changing forever.
And perhaps the last to disappear will not be the most technical or the most intellectual...
But those who know how to combine the human with the artificial.
So, we return to the question:
Who will be the last to be replaced by AI?
And you... are you ready to not be the next?
Leave me your opinion in the comments. What do you think is the most difficult human role to automate?