Big Tech execs say AI might take our jobs , it might lighten our workloads , or it might put us into new jobs we didn't imagine. A recent Goldman Sachs report estimates that about 7% of workers will be displaced by AI over the next decade. Too anxious to wait until 2036, I wanted to see how close AI could get to taking my job as a reporter in 2026 — hoping it was many, many years away. I took an AI agent trained on my voice, which I had previously used to call my internet company and demand