→ WHO THIS ARTICLE IS FOR:
This is for the driven—professionals, entrepreneurs, and career climbers hungry to grow and master their craft. If that’s you, read on.
The AI Genie is...
Outta the Bottle!
If you're white-collar?
Your job as you know it is about to vanish. Yep—I mean YOURS.
Blue-collar folks?
Relax, you're safe...for now (give or take a decade until robots go full iRobot).
Here's the deal:
The AI genie is outta the bottle, and it’s never going back in. Business owners have three choices right now:
Go all-in, boosting productivity and output.
Slowly adopt, minimising disruption.
Bury heads in sand, muttering nonsense like "AI can't write like a human" (spoiler alert: you're totally missing the point).
Metaphor incoming...
But Here's the Truth
AI isn't here to replace creativity—it’s here to put it on STEROIDS.
Think bodybuilding:
Someone with god-level genetics beats a steroid-pumping amateur every time.
Your creativity and industry knowledge are your genetics. AI is your steroid. You bring the muscle, AI makes it huge.
For Some...
Your World May Flip
Desk jockey? Your entire working world is about to flip upside down.
But don’t panic—your industry-specific knowledge isn’t going anywhere. Instead, it becomes your secret weapon as you become a pro at prompting AI tools.
Let’s pick on accountants—
One of the first big industry victims (right alongside my industry haha):
Manual data entry, invoicing, GST returns, reconciling, and financial analysis? Gone. Soon, you'll have an "AI agent" at your fingertips who knows every compliance document ever written, instantly aligns with your business goals, and adjusts to your risk tolerance.
Hold Your Butts...
Here's the Kicker:
Not everyone’s equally screwed—or equally blessed.
Industries chained by regulation (banking, government, healthcare) will see slower adoption because legislation always lags behind technology. But they're not immune; their day’s coming, just slower.
Humans are Still the...
Trust Builders
And yeah, jobs heavy on trust and human connection
(Sales, counselling, relationship management) won't vanish completely, but even those will be enhanced by AI. Humans will still lead the show, but AI will take care of the grunt work.
Jobs needing complex, nuanced judgment?
Humans will stay critical here, steering AI, not the other way around.
Cybersecurity and privacy?
Human oversight isn’t optional—it's essential. AI introduces risks humans need to manage carefully.
Formal Education?
Likely Already Outdated.
Your university degree? Partially obsolete. Education is one of the slowest industries to adapt, meaning you need to start self-educating immediately.
Economic Inequality?
Brace Yourself
It might widen drastically. Early AI adopters will surge ahead, while those resisting change get left behind. Your move.
Want proof of how powerful AI really is?
You're literally reading it.
This very article is proof of my argument. The core idea? Mine (Shaun's).
The style, the argument, the edgy metaphors—all from my human brain.
But every nuanced detail, every hole I've patched, every clearer explanation I was struggling to articulate? AI helped me get there. In fact, writing this has made me SMARTER—I’ve literally learned and clarified my own thinking by collaborating with AI.
The Moral of the Story?
AI isn’t replacing your brain—it’s giving you superpowers. It’s your steroid shot for creativity, knowledge, and efficiency. You become MORE, not less, valuable.
The Silver Lining?
The people who learn this fast—who truly leverage AI to amplify their own ideas—are about to dominate their industries.
So start playing with AI NOW.
Break it. Learn it. Master it.
Because if you don’t, someone else definitely will.
Is your business using AI enough to grow NOW and stay relevant LATER?
LET'S CHAT →
— I'm as keen to learn as hopefully you are!
