AI is not coming for your job in some clean, cinematic, Hollywood way. It is not going to walk into your office wearing a metal face and say, “Thank you for your service. You have been replaced.” That is too simple. What is actually coming is more uncomfortable. Someone using AI is coming for your position. Someone using AI is coming for your client. Someone using AI is coming for your promotion. Someone using AI is coming for your workflow, your margins, your attention, your market, your credibility, your speed. And the wildest part? That person might not even be smarter than you. They might not be more creative than you. They might not be more experienced than you. They might just be moving faster. That is what people are misunderstanding about this AI shift. They keep talking about “AI replacing humans” like the machine is the only competitor. But in the near term, the real threat still has a human face. It is a person who learned how to multiply themselves before you did.…