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Maybe AI Isn't Going to Replace You at Work After All

AI fails at tasks where accuracy must be absolute to create value.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jul 21, 2025
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In reviewing the on-going discussions about how many people will be replaced by AI, I find a severe lack of real-world examples. I'm remedying this deficiency with an example of AI's failure in the kind of high-value work that many anticipate will soon be performed by AI.

Few things in life are more pervasively screechy than hype, which brings us to the …

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