Electrical engineering may be the next profession AI disrupts sooner than expected
Christs_Elite · reddit · 2026-09-06
A Reddit user argues electrical engineering could be hit by AI harder and sooner than practitioners expect, as money pours into automating hardware design, power engineering, simulation and testing.
EE veterans have long claimed real-world intuition made them AI-proof — the same argument made by many already-disrupted professions. The author doesn't expect overnight replacement but believes the timeline is far earlier than assumed, calling it a "canon event" for AI.
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