AI won’t be able to do my job quite the way I do it, says mid-tier executive, unintentionally making the case to be replaced

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KARACHI: A mid-tier executive at a Karachi-based services firm said this week that artificial intelligence would struggle to replicate the “human judgment” required in his role, before outlining a workday dominated by email forwarding, meeting coordination, and slide preparation for senior management.

“AI doesn’t understand nuance,” said the executive, speaking on condition of anonymity because his employer has recently announced an AI adoption roadmap. “A lot of what I do is contextual.”

He explained that this context largely involved consolidating updates from operational teams into weekly decks, rephrasing them in consultant-approved language, and ensuring that all decisions passed through at least two alignment meetings before reaching leadership.

Analysts said such roles—particularly common in Pakistan’s IT services and consulting-adjacent firms—have traditionally existed to translate work into something that looks presentable on PowerPoint.

“These jobs emerged because information moved slowly,” said one industry observer. “Now the information moves faster than the people managing it.”

The executive rejected the idea that his position could be automated, arguing that stakeholder management required a human touch, which he defined as scheduling follow-up meetings and reminding teams of deliverables already missed.

“At the end of the day, someone has to be accountable,” he said.

He then did not clarify what that accountability meant.