AI automates tasks, not jobs, and when a task gets cheaper, demand for the job grows. AI cannot automate jobs end-to-end because it lacks au…

AI automates tasks, not jobs, and when a task gets cheaper, demand for the job grows. AI cannot automate jobs end-to-end because it lacks autonomy and cannot operate without supervision. There is still zero job from 2022 that can be performed end-to-end by AI, not even translator or customer support associate. "A decade ago, AI was supposed to replace radiologists. Today, radiologists make more than $500,000 per year, and their employment continues to grow, see chart below. Reading scans is a task, not a job, and when the task gets cheaper, demand for the job grows."

Source: Francois Chollet (X) | 2026-04-30