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Esmail Sarhadi
Esmail Sarhadi

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We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the relationship between humans and technology.

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the relationship between humans and technology.

For decades, we treated technology as a tool — something that could only be useful when guided by our own thinking, decisions, and actions.

But AI is challenging that definition.

We are moving toward a world where the human role is no longer necessarily to build, code, design, or even figure out how to solve a problem.

Instead, we define the objective.

AI receives the goal.

It analyzes the problem.

It develops a plan.

It executes the work.

And eventually, it delivers the result.

Want a website? Describe it.

Need an application? Define what it should do.

Building an industrial solution? Explain the requirements.

The system can increasingly handle the complexity behind the request.

And perhaps the most uncomfortable part of this transformation is that we are no longer talking about AI simply making humans more productive. We are talking about AI gradually taking over tasks that once required human expertise, experience, and execution.

The real question is no longer whether AI will change our jobs.

The question is whether we are prepared for a world in which the ability to execute is no longer our greatest advantage.

The future may belong to those who know what to build, why it matters, and how to define the right goals — not necessarily those who build everything themselves.

The transition has already begun.

Are we ready to accept it?

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