Is AI coming for your job?

Microsoft is laying off another 8,000 people on July 8th.

They’re letting go of staff in middle management across its sales divisions. And they’re also cutting staff in their LinkedIn and Xbox divisions.

Ouch!

I was laid off from a fun journalism gig a few years ago, and signing up for social welfare isn’t enjoyable.

Microsoft’s 8,000 layoffs won’t be the last big news story about AI taking people’s traditional jobs.

But don’t confuse what’s happening now with the Great Recession.

It’s not like Microsoft is doing badly. Last time, I checked the MSFT share price, it’s up nearly 50% versus two years ago. Microsoft simply wants to spend more fat moolah on beefing up its AI offerings.

The big tech boffins know what’s coming. Bots generate 30% of Microsoft’s code today, and I’d wager they want to drive that stat up, while keeping margins down.

The right GPT or AI agent doesn’t get sick, request time off, or put in a complaint to HR. And you don’t have to pay it much more than a few bucks a month, no matter how good or bad the work.

AI is becoming super powerful. Sure, AI replacing a developer makes sense, but it’ll upend every career type. I’ve three kids and I’d wager a few Bitcoins they’ll be working in careers that don’t exist yet, thanks to AI.

Take medicine: If an AI agent can analyze an MRI faster and more accurately, what does that mean for radiographers who refuse to adapt?

When I was a younger whippersnapper in college, a career guidance lecturer said we could expect to change careers four or five times in our lifetimes. She was right about changing careers, but no one could have predicted how fast things would accelerate.

Change is hard. ChatGPT caught me by surprise when it came out in 2022. It upended my old business model. That pre-GPT model involved hiring writers and publishing content at scale. I stuck with it for a few months after GPT went viral, but I’d have saved thirty or forty thousand if I’d pivoted sooner.

Since then, I’ve figured out how to use AI as part of my business.

I still talk to business owners and creators who don’t like or mistrust it. I also meet the sky is falling types who write in to tell me they’re unsubscribing because of my “blatant support of AI.”

I get why creators and writer types fear the robots. I consider myself a writer, amongst other things, and we often have an emotional connection to our work.

AI threatens that.

But AI can amplify your creativity if you use it the right way.

If you’re a business owner, you can use an agent to scale a part of your business, which you previously hired or paid for. For example, I custom-coded an AI agent to prepare a content strategy for a local newsletter I’m building. It’s saved me dozens of hours of work and head scratching.

If you’re doing anything online, using AI is the ONLY skill in town worth acquiring right now. Anything else is a distraction.

For help with that, check out PromptWritingStudio. Through proven practical prompts and workflows, I’ll show you how to use AI as a creative amplifier for your business.

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PS If you want more hands-on support, watch your inbox. Tomorrow, I’m opening the doors on something you’ll like.

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