“Reskill or perish.” That has become the comforting mantra of the AI age. Governments repeat it, corporations promote it, and educators package it as the inevitable path forward. But beneath this optimistic narrative lies a far more unsettling possibility: what if reskilling is not the solution we believe it to be? As artificial intelligence advances at unprecedented speed, entire categories of human work face displacement—not gradual automation, but systemic replacement. This essay examines the uncomfortable truth behind the reskilling narrative and asks whether society is preparing for the scale of disruption that may soon confront the global workforce.