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Why You Shouldn't Fear Automation #shorts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI Taking Jobs? Why You Shouldn't Fear Automation #shorts **[The Serious CTO](https://daily.dev/sources/seriouscto)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief take on the risk of over-relying on LLMs for work: if you delegate all value creation to AI, you may be making yourself redundant. The core message is that developers should maintain their own skills and contributions rather than outsourcing everything to AI tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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