You were told to specialise. A new book says that might be exactly what gets you replaced by AI.
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“You were told to specialise. A new book says that might be exactly what gets you replaced by AI.”
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hindustanmetro.com
13 Jun 2026
Go deep. Pick a lane. Become the best at one thing. It's the advice we've all heard - from career counsellors, economics textbooks, well-meaning managers.
Drishti Kohli thinks it might be leading millions of workers off a cliff.
Her debut book, The Invisible Cliff, is a short, sharp challenge to one of the most trusted ideas in professional life: that specialisation equals security. Kohli, a New Delhi-based economist and compliance professional, argues that in the age of AI, the opposite is becoming true. The deeper you've gone into a narrow, routine-heavy role, the more exposed you are and the less likely you are to see it coming.
She calls it the "invisible cliff." You can't see it. Nothing feels wrong. You're doing everything right. And then one day, the expertise you spent years building is exactly what an AI does better, faster, and cheaper.
What makes the book stand out is that Kohli isn't just telling people to "learn new skills." She's making a bigger point: the market itself is broken. It keeps rewarding specialisation with salaries, promotions, and status - right up until the moment it doesn't. Workers aren't failing. The signals they're getting are.
Her fix? Think like a T. Keep your depth, but deliberately grow sideways. Build range across adjacent areas before you need to.
It's a message that lands hardest for people in finance, legal, and compliance sectors where AI is already reshaping what a "skilled professional" even means.
The Invisible Cliff is available on Amazon and Flipkart.
