AI & Our Kids’ Future – Part 1: The Job-Taking Elephant in the Room

About The Series

AI is no longer science fiction, it’s shaping the world our kids will grow up in. From the jobs they dream about to the skills they’ll need, we’re entering a new era that calls for new conversations.

This 4-part blog series dives into the realities of AI and automation, and what it means for parents, educators, and anyone raising the next generation in a world of bots, bias, and big tech.

Each week, we explore a new angle:

• Part 1 – The Job-Taking Elephant in the Room

• Part 2 – What Happens When the Art Is Made, But the Artist Is Gone?

• Part 3 – Thinking Ahead Without Fear

• Part 4 – AI Might Be the Future, But We’re Still Raising the Humans

Let’s raise kids who aren’t just keeping up with AI, but who are equipped to lead it.

The Job-Taking Elephant in the Room

The robots aren’t coming, they’ve already taken the job.

Let’s rip the band-aid off.

AI isn’t just changing jobs.

It’s taking them. Quietly. Quickly. Relentlessly.

Not all of these lost roles make headlines, but behind every one is a person facing a new reality. And I don't care what glossy spin you've been fed, this is happening.

As mums, creatives, and small business owners, we’re already feeling the tremors.

Between lunch boxes, deadlines, and school pickup lines, the future of work might feel like the least of our worries, until it’s not.

But it’s not just about us. It’s about the world our kids are stepping into.

Bots have quietly slipped into roles we thought were safe, admin tasks, content creation, even engineering gigs.

It’s happening faster than we can say “new normal.”

📊 The Numbers Don’t Lie

• By 2025, an estimated 14 million jobs will be displaced globally.
• In the Asia-Pacific region, 6.3 million roles have already vanished.
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Looking ahead, the World Economic Forum predicts another 92 million jobs could disappear by 2030, even as we scramble to invent new ones that don’t yet exist. Source

And it’s not just call centres and content writers.

It’s HR teams. Admins. Designers. Engineers.

Entire layers of people, once considered irreplaceable, being shaved off in the name of “efficiency gains.”

🧠 From Boardrooms to Playrooms

Coming from corporate, I’ve sat in meetings where AI was demanded in every new tool or platform. Not because we knew what we wanted it to do, but because we couldn’t afford not to have it.

Now, I’m a mum watching my kids dream about what they’ll be “when they grow up,” and all I can think is:

• Will that job still exist?
• Will they be working alongside humans or bots?
• Will they need a university degree… or just know how to write a really clever prompt?

I’ve seen the word “AI-powered” thrown into strategy decks like fairy dust, no plan, just panic.

This isn’t fear-mongering. It’s future planning.

⚖️ The Balance Is Off

Tech innovation is racing ahead.

Social responsibility? Not so much.

We need to start asking the hard questions:

• Where does this end?
• Where should it end?
• What kind of work world do we want for our kids?

This series is my way of saying the quiet part out loud.

Let’s talk about it. Let’s get loud about it. Let’s plan forward.

💬 Join the Conversation

The future isn’t written yet, and we’re the ones raising the authors.

What do you think?

❓Do you believe your job, or your kids’ dream job, will survive the robot revolution?

Share your thoughts below

Next week: What Happens When the Art Is Made, But the Artist Is Gone?

Thanks for reading!

Gill T

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🔗 This blog is part of the “AI & Our Kids’ Future” Series:

💡 Part 1: The Job-Taking Elephant in the Room
When AI doesn’t just change jobs… it replaces them.

🎨 Part 2: When the Art Is Made, But the Artist Is Gone
What happens when creativity becomes prompt-writing?

📚 Part 3: Thinking Ahead Without Fear
Subject choices, shifting paths, and future-proof skills.

💡 Part 4: AI Might Be the Future, But We’re Still Raising the Humans
The skills bots can’t replace, and how we raise leaders to guide AI, not just follow it.