r/AIreplacedMe

I'm about to enter my second year of college, and I am still trying to decide on a major. I've really considered accounting since I've heard they make good money and the job itself isn't too hard. But I'm really worried about whether AI is going to take over. I've already heard that AI has taken entry-level jobs, and AI hasn't even been around for long at all. I imagine it will only be worse by the time I graduate. This worry is probably the only thing holding me back from choosing accounting as my major, to be honest.

I'm mainly hoping for answers from people who actually work in accounting, not just answering general questions about AI.

How worried do you think someone starting an accounting degree in 2026 should be about AI? Do you think AI will mostly change accounting jobs or actually eliminate a significant number of them?

Do you understand the job equation?

AI has caused job loss in software but it should create new jobs as the industry is expanding at a very high speed. But what is happening currently and what do you think is causing the imbalance?

I think AI industry is much leaner and need only few people even for very large projects. More employees means chaos in AI industry. OpenAI and Anthropic has only 3000 employees each. DeepSeek has 150 employees.

Moreover large number people are trying to switch from software to AI jobs that is causing chaos in job market. Even the CEO/ Hiring manager seem to confused whom to hire because they don't know what to look for in the candidates because the technology is also evolving very fast. What was great thing last year has no value this year. Example is RAG.

Conclusion: Software will be part of every business's internal operation like computers. In the beginning computers were owned by few and needed specialized computer operators but not anymore and adoption rate of AI will be much higher because internet computer, mobile technology have already advanced the development.

What is your take?

Just a couple of months ago, my last consistent client of 5 years messaged me privately to thank me for all my hard work, but also to let me know theyd be automating my position and using AI moving forward. It broke my heart, but honestly, I saw it coming because some of the tasks on our board were already clearly being done with the help of AI tools.

I was almost speechless and didnt even want to reply at first, but I calmed myself down and composed a short message thanking them for the opportunity to be part of their team for all those years. It’s just devastating to experience it firsthand.

Since then, Ive been trying to upskill and find new clients. That was my last remaining client after all the others let me go one by one. I started noticing this trend right after the AI boom, since my job is directly impacted by it.

I’m still trying to find ways to ride this new wave of AI. I just hope I can still find clients who truly value the work of a human hand.

Call me a conspiracy theory lover but I think I am on to something. I have watched these guys cut labor and pay more and more over the years. More and more we get into trouble for not using AI whether it’s for ordering or scheduling. They outsourced the help desk and outsourced our audits. Also they severely cut store managers pay and bonuses. The SM pay is laughable now. I am also seeing managers who were getting those higher pay rates drop like flys and either age out or get fired. It was completely doable to earn 100k as a SM before now not anymore. I think they are moving towards 100 percent automation which is why we are required more and more to work as skeleton crews. Think about the percentage of customers they want through mashgin. I will not be surprised to see 2-4 employees per store in the coming years purely to service the robots that took our jobs. The intricacies of how the plays out? God only knows. I know it’s hard right now but I would suggest preparing. Big corporations have sold us out and I don’t think we are mad enough. I have to say legion is a joke it schedules people as if they were robots and the mashgin lol constant problems with that thing. However I also think that’s why the economy is doing so bad. It’s so they can reset and go to a different currency that will work with these robots better…. all digital. Nothing is a coincidence anymore. Please get out there and vote because I really think we are all about to get screwed.

All the layoff members should form their own company: instead of blaming ai or company for layoff can form our own team, build something good and make the same company go through the same problem - bankrupt. Developers are the ones who knows the best about tech and AI. So why worry about jobs when we know everything and create better solutions than those companies thinking without dev only ai will work for them. What says drop your review on this.

AI could make the economy far more productive while making human labour less necessary. If the gains go mainly to those who own the technology, what happens to workers' bargaining power and their share of that wealth?

The decline of the horse population offers a striking historical parallel.

I am not a tech person, but kindof tech interested person who has been enjoying vibe coding to solve the problems of my field(law), on a personal level ofcourse.

I wanted to know if laying off because of AI has become thaat common and rampant. I mean, i frequently see posts about that on this sub.

And i get laying off of entry level programmers/developers..but has AI gone thaat good that it can replace mid levels too. Or are our developers not good enough that even the mid level cannot outdo the AI(in terms kf thinking, creativity stuffs ofcourse).