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I used to think the scariest thing about AI was that it might take my job. Now I’m watching it boot up its own computer, open a terminal, spin up a sandbox, and politely not ask for permission—and suddenly unemployment feels like the least of my concerns. Welcome to the era where “AI assistant” has quietly evolved into “AI coworker with admin access.” And no, I don’t mean metaphorically. I mean literally. The Day AI Stopped Asking There was a time—not that long ago—when interacting with AI felt like ordering food at a drive-thru staffed by someone who only understood half your sentence and guessed the rest. You typed something. It responded. Maybe it got it right. Maybe it hallucinated your fries. But it stayed in its lane. Now? Now it has its own lane. And a steering wheel. And a GPS. And apparently a garage. We’ve crossed into a new phase: agents that don’t just answer questions—they do things . They open files, write code, test it, fix it, run it, deploy it, and then cas...