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The problem is that it doesn't matter how useful and irreplaceable you know you are, if a company decides it's replacing you with AI, they'll do it anyway. They may decide later that they were wrong, and you were right, but it doesn't matter, you're still unemployed.
Companies shoot themselves in the foot all the time. You can't count on them to do the smart thing, even if it's obvious. The second some C-Level gets these the idea that they can save money by firing a bunch of people, it's going to happen, no matter how ill-advised.