I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
Remember when factories moved to China and Southeast Asia? Nobody thought it would happen so fast. Then one day, entire industries were just gone.
I think the same thing is about to happen to desk jobs.
Two things have protected white-collar workers: the skill gap and the language barrier. Vibe coding is destroying the first one. Real-time translation is about to destroy the second.
Once that happens, a talented worker in Vietnam or Nigeria can do your job from their laptop. For a fraction of your salary.
Companies won't think twice. They never did with factories.
But here's the twist — I don't think AI replaces everyone. Full AI is still expensive. You know what's cheap? A tablet connected to a real human overseas. For jobs that need warmth and empathy, "cheap human on a screen" beats "pure AI" on both cost and quality.
The human touch survives. Just not local humans.
Is anyone else seeing this?
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