AI Won’t Replace You... But Someone Using AI Might! 🤖 | The Right Way to Use AI at Work

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JORIS L.: using AI to replace someone is what it means for AI to replace you

SHERIF E.: Ghost Candidate That's a fair point, but there is an important distinction 😊 When people say "AI will replace you," it often implies that AI itself will independently perform an entire role without meaningful human involvement. In reality, what we're seeing today is that professionals who effectively leverage AI are becoming significantly more productive than those who do not.

JORIS L.: Sherif Salah EL-Din I don't see that as productive, it is creating hidden costs. To me this is part of what i label "the confidence of ignorance" People who have no knowledge of the topic at hand making decisions like they matter. Meanwhile creating an unstoppable que of ignorance driven decisions. AI is an accelerant to such.

SHERIF E.: JORIS LAMBRECHT

SHERIF E.: I understand your concern, and I think you’re highlighting a real risk: when people make decisions without sufficient subject-matter knowledge, the outcomes can look efficient in the short term while still generating hidden costs later—whether through rework, misallocation of resources, or compounding errors. Framing it as “the confidence of ignorance” captures the dynamic well, especially if thos