Will I be replaced?

An elderly man was taken to the hospital for a circulatory system examination.

- FRANCIS J. KONG

When he got home, his wife asked what had happened.

He said, "They worked this AI gadget into my artery and up into my heart, and then they sucked out 30 years' of chocolate cake."

I once overheard a conversation in which a man confidently told his friend, "AI will never replace me." His friend smirked and said, "Yeah, because it already did. The company just hasn't told you yet."

Jokes aside, AI isn't here to steal our jobs—it's here to transform them.

The real winners in this shift won't be those who fear AI, but those who learn to lead it.

For the longest time, we've been led to believe that career success is about becoming the best individual performer. Master your craft, sharpen your expertise and climb the corporate ladder.

But in the age of AI, the ladder has changed. Now, it's not about how much you can do alone—it's about how well you can lead AI-powered teams to achieve exponentially more.

Understanding that AI won't replace you is essential, but you must evolve as a leader.

The popular belief and suspicion about AI is that it's here to replace highly skilled professionals. But AI is not the enemy; it's the ultimate productivity partner.

Think of AI as a high-performing digital teammate—one that never sleeps, never complains and never asks for a raise.

Those who learn to manage AI will define the future of work.