Let’s talk about what’s keeping you up at night.

Layoffs are everywhere. Every week, another headline. Another round of cuts. And underneath it all, a quiet fear: Is AI coming for my job?

I’m not going to tell you that fear is irrational. It’s not. Something is shifting.

But here’s what most people get wrong: The threat isn’t AI doing your job. It’s other people using AI to do your job better and faster.

You’ve probably heard the line: “AI won’t replace you, but someone using AI will.” That’s no longer a warning. It’s happening right now.

This isn’t a doom piece though. This is your playbook. The people getting ahead aren’t smarter than you. They just learned the right tools. And you can learn them this week.

What’s Actually Happening

Let me be clear about something: mass AI job replacement hasn’t happened yet.

Most layoffs over the past year? They’re pandemic corrections. Overhiring. Cost-cutting. Reorganization. The same stuff that happened before ChatGPT existed.

But something else is happening. Something quieter.

Companies aren’t replacing roles with AI. They’re replacing people who don’t use AI with people who do.

Here’s the pattern I’m seeing:

Teams are shrinking. Not because AI does the work, but because AI-augmented workers are 2-3x more productive. A project that used to need 8 people now needs 3. Not because AI wrote the code or made the slides — but because the 3 people who stayed are using AI to move faster.

Hiring expectations are shifting. “Can you use AI tools?” is becoming a baseline expectation. Like “Can you use Excel?” was 20 years ago. It’s not a bonus skill anymore. It’s table stakes.

Quiet replacements are happening. Marketers, recruiters, analysts — people in traditionally “non-technical” roles — who know how to leverage AI are outperforming those who don’t. And companies are making personnel decisions based on that.

The question isn’t “Will AI replace me?”

The question is: “How do I become the person who’s 3x more effective because of AI?”

Developers Already Figured This Out

If you’re a software developer, you already know this.

Tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and GitHub Copilot have made AI-augmented coding the new normal. Developers who use these tools ship faster. They debug faster. They build more.

Developers who don’t? They’re falling behind. And they know it.

This shift happened fast — maybe 18 months from “interesting experiment” to “how did I ever code without this?”

But here’s what nobody’s talking about:

The same shift is coming for everyone else. Marketers. Analysts. Recruiters. Account managers. Customer success. Operations.

If you’re a knowledge worker, your version of Claude Code exists. You just haven’t found it yet.

The Problem with ChatGPT

Let me give ChatGPT its due.

It’s an incredible brainstorming tool. Need to think through a strategy? Draft an outline? Explore ideas? ChatGPT is fantastic for that. I use it constantly.

But ChatGPT has a fundamental limitation: It’s blind.

It can’t see your screen. It doesn’t know what email you’re trying to reply to. It doesn’t see the LinkedIn profile you’re researching. It doesn’t know what’s in your CRM or your Google Doc.

So what do you do? You copy. You paste. You explain context. You get a response. You copy it back.

You’re the middleware. You’re the human clipboard between AI and your actual work.

That’s exhausting. And it’s slow. And there’s a better way.

AI That Actually Works Where You Work

Your work lives in your browser.

Think about it. Email? Browser. LinkedIn? Browser. Your CRM, Google Docs, Notion, Slack, your company’s internal tools? All browser.

So why does AI live in a separate tab? Why do you have to copy context out of your browser, paste it into ChatGPT, then paste the response back?

There’s a new category of tool that fixes this: AI browser agents.

An AI browser agent lives inside your browser. It sees what you see. When you’re on an email, it sees the email. When you’re on a LinkedIn profile, it sees the profile. When you’re filling out a form, it sees every field.

No copying. No pasting. No explaining context.

It just knows.

Let me show you what this means in practice:

If you’re a recruiter: You’re on a LinkedIn profile. The AI sees everything — their experience, their posts, their connections. It drafts a personalized outreach message that actually references their background. No copy-paste marathon.

If you’re a marketer: You’re analyzing a competitor’s landing page. The AI reads the entire page and gives you insights — messaging angles, positioning gaps, what they’re doing well — instantly.

If you’re an analyst: You have 5 tabs of research open. You ask “summarize what I’ve learned.” The AI reads all 5 pages and synthesizes them into key takeaways.

If you’re in sales or account management: You just finished a call. You say “log this in Salesforce.” The AI navigates to the right record and updates it. You didn’t touch the CRM.

This is how dassi automates browser tasks. It’s a Chrome extension — installs in 30 seconds — and suddenly AI can see your screen and work alongside you.

Not in a separate window. Not in a different app. Right there, in your browser, where your actual work happens.

The Window Is Closing

Six months from now, your company will have two types of employees: those who figured out how to work with AI, and those who are still doing everything manually.

Which one are you going to be?

I know this feels overwhelming. Another thing to learn. Another tool to figure out. Another shift to adapt to.

But here’s the truth: most people are still at the starting line. The vast majority of knowledge workers haven’t adopted AI tools beyond the occasional ChatGPT session.

You’re not behind. You’re early enough to get ahead.

Here’s what to do this week:

  1. Use ChatGPT for brainstorming if you haven’t already. Get comfortable thinking with AI.
  2. Install an AI browser agent like Dassi to bring AI into your actual workflow — where the real work happens.
  3. Pick one repetitive task — drafting emails, researching prospects, summarizing documents — and let AI handle it.

That’s it. Start there.

Don’t Take My Word For It

Andrew Ng, one of the most respected voices in AI, recently wrote about exactly this shift.

His observation: companies are quietly replacing workers who haven’t adapted with those who have. Marketers, recruiters, analysts who know how to code with AI are more productive — and businesses are making personnel decisions accordingly.

But he also offers hope: there’s still time. Most people, technical or non-technical, are still at the starting line. This remains a great time to learn.

The window is open. But it won’t stay open forever.

Get Dassi for Chrome — it takes 30 seconds. Then pick one task tomorrow and let it help.

That’s how you start.