Jensen Huang says AI is "creating an enormous number of jobs" while Microsoft takes Agent 365 out of preview and into general availability.
The timing isn't coincidental.
We're witnessing the emergence of a new job category: AI agent orchestrators. Microsoft's move signals that enterprises are ready to deploy autonomous AI at scale, but they need humans to govern, direct, and coordinate these digital workers.
Meanwhile, American Express is building agentic commerce infrastructure where AI agents can shop and pay autonomously — but within controlled parameters set by human operators.
This isn't about AI replacing jobs. It's about AI creating entirely new roles we haven't seen before.
The RAG era is ending as we move toward compilation-stage knowledge layers for agentic AI. This architectural shift requires specialists who understand both the technical foundations and business implications of autonomous systems.
After 25+ years in technology, I've seen this pattern before: every major platform shift creates more jobs than it destroys, but they're different jobs requiring new skills.
The question isn't whether AI will take your job — it's whether you'll learn to orchestrate AI to amplify your capabilities.
What new AI-adjacent roles are you seeing emerge in your industry?
— Alonso Palacios
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