Human connection is the final scarcity

AI will eventually out-think, out-build, and out-produce us, but there’s one thing it still can’t touch - and it might be the only thing that matters.

In a “post-AI” world, human connection is likely the final scarcity.

The last few posts I’ve shared aren’t meant to fear monger or be doomposts. They’re attempts at trying to understand what is still irreplaceable in a post-AI world.

As AI automates more roles, from code to strategy, from content to customer service, we need to start asking a deeper question:

What’s still irreplaceably human?

• Not tasks.
• Not tools.
• Not outputs.

The answer? It’s connection.

The desire to be seen. To be understood. To matter to someone.

Even in the most advanced sci-fi futures - Cyberpunk 2077, Her, Blade Runner - that’s the thing no machine ever fully replaces.

They simulate it. They mimic it. They commodify it. But they never truly replace the human connection.

• You can automate an interview, but you can’t automate real care.
• You can replace UX design tools, but you can’t replace the instinct to design for how someone wants to feel.

And that’s why I don’t think I’m out of my depth talking about this as a UXer.

In fact - this is exactly the depth UX is meant to reach.
We’re not here just to build flows anymore. We’re here to understand the emotional architecture of being human.

In the age of AI, everything scalable will be copied.
But what’s deeply human?

That’s still scarce. And that might be our true advantage.