"Will AI replace you?" remains the $100M question

"Will AI replace you?" remains the $100M question.

It's the wrong question though.

It's asked based on a misdiagnosis of the problem.

This is particularly for the AI skeptics.

The skeptics fall in two camps:

(1) Want AI to replace their work.
Those who expect any new technology to be at 100% capability from the get-go, but see tools which aren't there yet. "AI unfortunately can't — and never can — do the work".

(2) Doesn't want AI to replace their work.
Those who think if AI is ever capable of doing their current tasks, they will be out of a job.

The common concern?

Both just want smarter, more efficient work environments.

Their misdiagnosed problem boils down to:

(1) Tech isn't designed to (entirely) discard humans. It's designed to empower humans. Technology = leverage.

(2) Whether you yearn for "an AI takeover" or are scared of it, you're commoditizing your work = you're easily replaceable.

The answer is adaptability.

Zoom out. See the big picture.
Where is the future of work?

Spoiler: AI is a core component of any job.

Which means: AI will increasingly replace your current tasks.

But note:
"replace your current tasks" ≠ "replace you"

BIG difference.
HUGE difference.

Let's zoom out to explain this.

All technology is, is a lever. It's a tool to give humans leverage.

As Archimedes put it "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world".

→ The wheel was a lever to transport more effectively.
→ The plow was a lever to cultivate crops more effectively.
→ The printing press was a lever to disseminate information on a mass scale.
→ The internal combustion engine was a lever to transport even more effectively.
→ The personal computer was a lever to democratize information and computation.

All levers to increase humans' productivity.
All refined countless times.
All technology.

Same thing goes for AI.

Used in automations:
→ it's the lever to enable the reallocation of your human creative input to where it's needed — rather than wasting it on tedious but necessary tasks.

Used as an assistant:
→ it's your "god-like knowledge" assistant who won't complain about a thing, is available 24/7 and with its infinite capabilities merely relies on the quality of your instructions to perform.

So for most of you — you're looking to use it as an assistant.
Use AI to work in tandem with human brilliance to augment your operation.

As for automations, you can leave that to those specializing in that — like we do at R8A.

Do that — and that's where real progress exists for your business.

Don't get subscribed to the inflated narrative.

The reality is AI is replacing our tasks, which means eliminating certain jobs — BUT while creating new jobs;

new jobs where human creativity is actually needed.