AI Won't Replace You. But Someone Using AI Might.

I’m in my room, just sitting here and thinking about why we’re so worried that AI is going to replace employees.

What if, instead of worrying about AI replacing us, we started thinking about how we can use the same AI to become more capable?

One person with the right skills and the right AI tools can potentially do things that previously required several different people. Research, writing, coding, analysis, presentations, automation, content creation—the possibilities keep growing.

And this made me think about something that might sound silly, but actually says a lot.

Imagine going back five years and telling IShowSpeed, Darren Watkins Jr., that one day he would be receiving the latest iPhone series at an Apple office and even streaming from inside the office.

Would he have believed you?

Probably not.

Yet that became reality.

The point isn’t really about IShowSpeed or Apple. It’s about how difficult it is to predict where opportunities can take you.

You don't necessarily have to become the CEO of Apple to end up inside Apple's office.

You don't necessarily have to have the traditional title, position, or career path that you imagine is required to reach somewhere.

Sometimes, you just need to become valuable in a way that creates an opportunity.

And I think AI makes this even more interesting.

INSTEAD OF ASKING:

“What if AI replaces me?”

Maybe we should also ask:

ASK YOURSELF:

“What could I become if I learned to use AI better than most people around me?”

AI doesn't have to be the thing that makes you irrelevant.

It could be the tool that makes you capable of things you never thought you could do.

And maybe that's the real opportunity.

You don't have to become the Apple CEO to stream from the Apple office.