How Do We Avoid Extinction in the Age of AI?
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How Do We Avoid Extinction in the Age of AI?
A meteor has crashed to Earth—and it’s called AI. But when we think of meteors, we often think of dinosaurs, and the common Hollywood-style myth that they all vanished instantly after impact. The truth? It took time. And extinction didn’t happen to all of them—some evolved, and we call them birds today.
The same lesson applies to us. If your work today is 100% machine work, you may be in AI’s blast radius, especially if your organization is focused on short-term cost-cutting. But even if you’re outside the immediate impact zone, extinction is still coming—unless you choose evolution.
AI isn’t just a one-time event. It’s a continuously evolving force, reshaping industries, organizations, and careers at an unprecedented speed. The question is: