AI Didn’t Replace Your Job
It Repriced It
Most people are asking the wrong question about AI.
They ask:
“Will AI take my job?”
That’s not what’s happening.
AI isn’t replacing work.
It’s changing what work is worth.
Same roles. Same titles.
Completely different pricing.
And if you don’t understand how that repricing works, you’ll feel busy, underpaid, and confused even while “using AI every day.”
The Quiet Shift No One Explained
Before AI, value came from:
Speed
Effort
Technical execution
Output volume
After AI:
Speed is cheap
Execution is abundant
Output is infinite
So the market stopped paying for doing.
It started paying for:
Judgment
Context
Taste
Decision-making
Responsibility for outcomes
AI didn’t eliminate work.
It moved the money upstream.
What AI Made Cheap (And Why That Matters)
These used to be valuable:
Writing drafts
Creating slides
Coding basic features
Research summaries
First-pass designs
AI now does these in seconds.
So the price dropped.
Not because they’re useless
but because they’re no longer scarce.
If your role is still priced on execution alone, your income will flatten.
What AI Made More Expensive
Here’s where the value moved:
