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Reese
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Trophy Club, Texas
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How can someone stay motivated/confident in their major when there are threats that AI will take over that profession?
I will be studying Journalism and each time I have told someone I will be, they say that AI will take over my job. How do I let this negativity not affect me? #Spring25
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Pratik Jasani
AI Solutions Architect
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South Elgin, Illinois
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Pratik’s Answer
Hello Reese,
While AI is capable of generating text, summarizing news, and even crafting headlines, it fundamentally lacks the ability to grasp human nuance, emotion, and context in the way that a journalist does. Journalism is far more than the act of writing—it involves investigation, direct observation, holding those in power accountable, and telling stories that inform and shape public understanding. AI may serve as a helpful assistant, but it does not possess the ethical discernment, judgment, or lived experience that true journalism requires.
Like many others, I view AI as a tool—one that can handle repetitive or menial tasks, thereby allowing individuals to focus more fully on the aspects of their work that require critical thought, creativity, and human connection. In that way, AI can enhance productivity and give us more time to pursue meaningful, impactful work.
While AI is capable of generating text, summarizing news, and even crafting headlines, it fundamentally lacks the ability to grasp human nuance, emotion, and context in the way that a journalist does. Journalism is far more than the act of writing—it involves investigation, direct observation, holding those in power accountable, and telling stories that inform and shape public understanding. AI may serve as a helpful assistant, but it does not possess the ethical discernment, judgment, or lived experience that true journalism requires.
Like many others, I view AI as a tool—one that can handle repetitive or menial tasks, thereby allowing individuals to focus more fully on the aspects of their work that require critical thought, creativity, and human connection. In that way, AI can enhance productivity and give us more time to pursue meaningful, impactful work.
Roujean Sabouri
Director of Sales Enablement
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Los Angeles, California
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Roujean’s Answer
Let me tell you something: no one—not a classmate, not a stranger, not even AI—gets to decide your future except you.
If you’re passionate about journalism, lean into it. Use that curiosity that brought you to this field and ask:
“Why do people say this?”
“What parts of journalism are at risk of automation?”
“And more importantly—what skills can I build that AI can’t replace?”
Right now, it’s a lot of noise and opinions. People love to throw around big claims like “AI will take over,” but they rarely back it up with understanding. What AI can’t do is dig deep, investigate human stories, build trust with sources, or bring lived experience and ethical decision-making into the work the way you can. That’s journalism.
So how do you stay motivated?
-- Stay grounded in why you chose this major
-- Ask better questions than the people throwing opinions at you
-- And remind yourself: the people changing the world aren’t the ones afraid of new tools—they’re the ones learning how to use them.
You don’t need to ignore negativity—you just need to stop giving it power.
If you’re passionate about journalism, lean into it. Use that curiosity that brought you to this field and ask:
“Why do people say this?”
“What parts of journalism are at risk of automation?”
“And more importantly—what skills can I build that AI can’t replace?”
Right now, it’s a lot of noise and opinions. People love to throw around big claims like “AI will take over,” but they rarely back it up with understanding. What AI can’t do is dig deep, investigate human stories, build trust with sources, or bring lived experience and ethical decision-making into the work the way you can. That’s journalism.
So how do you stay motivated?
-- Stay grounded in why you chose this major
-- Ask better questions than the people throwing opinions at you
-- And remind yourself: the people changing the world aren’t the ones afraid of new tools—they’re the ones learning how to use them.
You don’t need to ignore negativity—you just need to stop giving it power.
Marlon Jimenez
Project Manager
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Lima, Callao Region, Peru
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Marlon’s Answer
In my professional experience, nobody will replace you with AI unless you let them.. I mean, if you rely all your work to AI tools and can't do it anymore without them then yes, it's very easy to put somebody else or even replace you at all..
Then always keep your professional "essence" on top, even with some AI help.. People will notice your potential, otherwise you can be replaced as you said..
Then always keep your professional "essence" on top, even with some AI help.. People will notice your potential, otherwise you can be replaced as you said..
Neal Ungerleider
Writer
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Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Neal’s Answer
AI's a *work tool*, not some magic human replacement. Spreadsheets didn't make accountants obsolete. Your iPhone takes photos and video just fine, but people still hire wedding photographers. Figure out how to use AI tools to be the best job candidate possible instead.
Terrence Chan, CSM, SAFe
Products & Technology Leadership
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San Diego, California
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Terrence’s Answer
Hello there Reese -
I love Roujean's answer to your question. I can't top that most likely, but I did want to share some perspective with you, as I have been in the workforce for over 2 decades.
1. We are at an "unprecedented" time in history - at least that's the feeling of the moment. With Chatgpt being the fastest adopted platform ever, it's hard to ignore the stampede of people starting to use AI. But I'd like to point out that AI is not the only technology disruption to face humanity. Many "technologies" have been introduced going back to the cotton gin even, which revolutionized how human's work. Optimizations to work processes lead to work moving faster and humans doing less of that work, but over our history, the nature of work changes - not the need for humans to be involved.
2. I can imagine a future of journalism whereby trust in an educated human's experience, and distrust in AI's interpretations becomes a deciding factor in what readers choose to rely on. My advice would be to not just be a writer... be an expert on a subject, and write about that. Don't just report the news (for example, journalism has already been disrupted by the introduction of social media a decade ago), you'll never beat the social media news crawlers to the punchlines. I see a lot of growth in substack, and I think that's where a lot of readers are going now. To content hubs that have specific interests that readers can seek out.
Strive to become a smarter, and more knowledgeable human and build CREDIBILITY. Distrust in AI will eventually become its drawback, and humans will have the upper hand.
I love Roujean's answer to your question. I can't top that most likely, but I did want to share some perspective with you, as I have been in the workforce for over 2 decades.
1. We are at an "unprecedented" time in history - at least that's the feeling of the moment. With Chatgpt being the fastest adopted platform ever, it's hard to ignore the stampede of people starting to use AI. But I'd like to point out that AI is not the only technology disruption to face humanity. Many "technologies" have been introduced going back to the cotton gin even, which revolutionized how human's work. Optimizations to work processes lead to work moving faster and humans doing less of that work, but over our history, the nature of work changes - not the need for humans to be involved.
2. I can imagine a future of journalism whereby trust in an educated human's experience, and distrust in AI's interpretations becomes a deciding factor in what readers choose to rely on. My advice would be to not just be a writer... be an expert on a subject, and write about that. Don't just report the news (for example, journalism has already been disrupted by the introduction of social media a decade ago), you'll never beat the social media news crawlers to the punchlines. I see a lot of growth in substack, and I think that's where a lot of readers are going now. To content hubs that have specific interests that readers can seek out.
Strive to become a smarter, and more knowledgeable human and build CREDIBILITY. Distrust in AI will eventually become its drawback, and humans will have the upper hand.