30 Apr, 2025 @ 13:13
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AI, are you trying to replace me?: The (slightly terrifying) truth about our digital overlords

AI started off as a cute little assistant—autocorrecting our typos, suggesting slightly too personal Netflix recommendations, and helping us find the ‘best pizza near me  (which, somehow, is never the best). But now? AI is writing emails, answering customer service calls, and making decisions faster than we can say, ‘Wait, I wasn’t ready for that’.

So, should we be worried? Or should we just sit back, relax, and let AI handle everything while we sip coffee and pretend to be productive?

At first, AI-powered chatbots seemed like the ultimate solution. No more waiting on hold for an eternity! But then we realised… they respond instantly, yes, but mostly with completely useless advice.

You type: “My internet is really slow.” The AI bot, in its infinite wisdom, replies: “Have you tried checking our website for solutions?” Ah yes, brilliant. Let me just struggle through three minutes of buffering to read an article that will inevitably tell me to ‘restart my router’.

And when you finally give up and beg, ‘TALK TO A HUMAN!’, the AI responds: “Before I transfer you, have you tried turning it off and on again?” This is exactly why AnyTech365 exists – to ensure that when technology fails, you get real, AI-powered solutions from actual experts, not just a bot pretending to understand your pain.

Smart assistants are great – until they get too smart. You mention buying new running shoes, and suddenly your phone bombards you with ads for gym memberships and diet plans. You casually joke about moving to Spain, and next thing you know, AI is sending you ‘Great properties in Marbella!’ listings.

Coincidence? Not a chance. AI isn’t reading your mind… yet.

We used to think creativity was safe from AI. Then AI started generating art, composing music, and even writing screenplays. Pretty soon, we’ll be watching Oscar-winning films written entirely by AI. But don’t worry – AI is powerful, but it still struggles with one thing: being human.

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That’s why at AnyTech365, we believe in AI-powered cybersecurity with a human touch. Sure, AI can analyse data in milliseconds and detect cyber threats before you even realize something’s wrong, but sometimes, you need an actual expert to walk you through a problem – especially when your password ‘isn’t working’ (spoiler: CAPS LOCK was on).

So no, AI isn’t here to replace you. It’s here to make life easier, smarter, and more secure. And as long as it doesn’t start making life too easy (looking at you, AI-generated excuse emails for skipping work), we’re happy to have it on our side.

Because let’s be honest – the real threat isn’t AI taking over the world. It’s AI refusing to fix your Wi-Fi until you ‘move closer to the router’.

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Dilip Kuner

Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.
He worked up the ladder to be chief reporter and sub editor on the Hastings Observer and later news editor on the Bridlington Free Press.
At the time of the first Gulf War he started working for the Sunday Mirror, covering news stories as diverse as Mick Jagger’s wedding to Jerry Hall (a scoop gleaned at the bar at Heathrow Airport) to massive rent rises at the ‘feudal village’ of Princess Diana’s childhood home of Althorp Park.
In 1994 he decided to move to Spain with his girlfriend (now wife) and brought up three children here.
He initially worked in restaurants with his father, before rejoining the media world in 2013, working in the local press before becoming a copywriter for international firms including Accenture, as well as within a well-known local marketing agency.
He joined the Olive Press as a self-employed journalist during the pandemic lock-down, becoming news editor a few months later.
Since then he has overseen the news desk and production of all six print editions of the Olive Press and had stories published in UK national newspapers and appeared on Sky News.

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