Your AI panic is 200 years' old

People love to panic. Every time something new is invented, someone screams, "Oh my God...This will destroy everything!" And now, that loud scream has a new name — Artificial Intelligence. Everywhere you go, people say machines will take over all the jobs, all the creativity, all the power. But here's the truth: machines don't destroy humanity... laziness does. Fear does. The refusal to adapt does.

Let's rewind a bit. When electricity replaced candles, candle makers cried because they believed their craft was being erased overnight. But that same change created something far bigger: electricians, light bulb manufacturers, electrical engineers, power plant workers and lighting designers. The world moved from wax and wicks to wires and switches. One job vanished, but a whole new industry was born. When cars replaced horses, blacksmiths protested because shoeing horses and building carriages had been their livelihood. But in place of those horses came an entirely new world: mechanics, car manufacturers, tyre makers, fuel station owners, truck drivers, road builders and traffic engineers.

The transportation industry didn't die; it evolved from hoofbeats to engines. When ATMs arrived, people screamed that bank tellers were finished, yet banking grew bigger, creating new roles in digital banking, fraud analysis and financial technology. When elevators became automatic, lift operators vanished, but elevator mechanics, safety engineers and architects took their place. Every single time, people always jump to the worst conclusion. Yet here we are... more employed, more advanced and more connected than ever. The world doesn't collapse when technology rises. It transforms. It rebuilds itself in a new way.

"Robots will take our jobs" is just the modern way of saying "I experience change as a form of psychological grief." People want progress without discomfort, success without growth, and evolution without effort. They want the world to move forward, as long as their routine stays untouched. But life doesn't work like that. If one job dies, five are born.

When a factory brings in robots, yes, maybe one person loses a job on the floor. But five new ones appear: the technician who builds the robot, the engineer who programs it, the operator who maintains it, the analyst who studies its output, and the designer who makes it safer. That's how progress works — one door closes, five more open.

Look at history. The internet killed many old businesses — travel agents, CD shops, and video rental stores. But it also gave birth to millions of new ones: app creators, influencers, online teachers, delivery drivers, web developers, digital marketers. The job market didn't shrink. It exploded in directions no one predicted.

The same thing will happen now. Artificial intelligence will take over boring, repetitive, soul-killing tasks... the kind of work that drains life out of people. But it will create space for more creative, human jobs: storytellers, researchers, ethical reviewers, problem-solvers, innovators. Work won't disappear... it'll evolve.