Reference

Glossary

The recurring ideas behind the writing, defined plainly. Each term links to the piece that explains it in full.

Task-level AI automation

AI automates specific, repeatable tasks inside a job rather than replacing whole jobs at once. A role is exposed in proportion to how much of its day is routine and predictable versus judgment, relationships, and accountability. Read: What Part of This Job Has Been Replaced? →

AI exposure

How much of a role's work is the kind AI can already do well — concentrated in repeatable, rule-bound tasks, and lowest where the work needs judgment under uncertainty, trust, or responsibility for the outcome. Read: What Part of This Job Has Been Replaced? →

AI anxiety (feeling behind)

The sense of falling behind on AI — driven partly by a genuinely fast-moving field and partly by comparison, noise, and the feeling that everyone else has already figured it out. Read: Why AI Makes Everyone Feel Behind →