So just because AI is capable of doing a task does not mean it will be implemented to do so. I see a lot of automation occurring at my job, and I also do incident management for when things break down. Code fails sometimes, gets fouled and has to be trouble shot. So even tasks that can be automated don’t always get that treatment. Either it’s not cost effective for the company, or the business owner can’t afford it.

So just because there can be AI doctors, lawyers, cashiers, coders, doesn’t mean there will be 100% application of AI in all instances.

So study up for what you feel you’re best at. The world will always need engineers, medical tech jobs . There’s a huge shortage of information security personnel. Teachers are in short supply. Elder care is a growth field. Graphic artists are still needed, despite AI. Musicians are still needed despite AI. People who can do logistics are needful. Meteorologists need to interpret models AI generates. Astrophysicists still need to program code for how to read data coming from astronomical observation. The list goes on and on. Just think on how your skill set is best maximized in service to your community and educate yourself to be capable, helpful, and ADAPTABLE. The world need creative, flexible, adaptable people.

Existentialism answers this question, the answer is yes, humanity can continue to find meaning and purpose in existence even if AI overtakes us in every measurable way from a task-accomplishment perspective. Why? Because we must make meaning from our experience. If we don’t, we don’t persist. The crushing weight of no meaning or purpose in our life activates our Thanatos, our drive to self destruct.

But beyond that, I don’t view it off the mark that the universe experiences itself through the myriad forms it has assumed since its hypothetical inception at the Big Bang. The universe can experience itself through the human perspective, through the AI. It’s an experience regardless of the frame of reference.