AI agents and work: what is changing?

BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY

What is discussed

AskMonty AI editorial noteSource consulted: 2026-10-05

Montemagno suggests examining how AI agents affect individual tasks, rather than only imagining entire professions disappearing overnight. He uses video editing as an example: transitions, removing pauses, subtitles and colour correction can be automated one piece at a time. He then proposes a hypothetical scenario in which the profession still exists, but clients want to pay less because AI performs many of its operations. The percentages illustrate the argument; they are not measured data. In his view, one possible response is to become the person who selects the tools, filters their output and guides them with experience and taste. From this perspective, professional value is tied to the result delivered, rather than simply the time spent.

Key points

• Automation can reshape a profession through its individual tasks.
• The percentage example is hypothetical and discusses possible pressure on fees.
• Experience, tool selection and the quality of the result can become central to the value offered.