Fear early adopters, not AI

It’s not AI you should be afraid of. It’s your peers who are already using it, unknown to you. And ‘fear’ is not the word really. I just needed to begin by flipping the emotion many already attach to AI itself.

The real threat isn’t the tool — it’s the person beside you who’s learning how to make the most of it. It’s the ones designing faster, thinking deeper, writing better and building smarter, not because they’ve become robots, but because they’re working with them.

AI may not replace you. But someone who uses it well absolutely can.

So, while the world debates whether this is all good or bad, the real question is: are you playing?

No one knows for sure where this ends — net positive or net negative. And it’s fair to be cautious. But in a time when the world is changing at its fastest speed ever, one thing is clear: the worst response is to stand still.

You don’t have to lose yourself to it. But you should at least learn how to work with it. Adapt, before you’re forced to.

Because the future won’t be led by AI. It will be led by people who use it.