Hey Reader,

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There’s a quiet moment before a wave hits.

You feel it.

But if you’re not paying attention, you miss it.

Or it comes crashing down and sweeps you up.

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That’s what AI feels like right now.

A tidal shift is underway.

And yet, many of us are still:

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Or even worse:

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Last month, the CEO of Fiverr, one of the largest freelance marketplaces, emailed his team and later shared it on Twitter.

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In it, he confirmed something I've felt internally for years, but haven't been able to articulate without sounding like a doomsday pundit.
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And I'm getting a visceral sense of deja vu, like I’ve been here before many times...

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10 years ago, I started posting "cringe" videos on my socials before 'personal branding' became a thing.

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I had a deep feeling that in an online-first culture, your social profile would be the first place potential employers, clients or partners would go to decide if they wanted to work with, hire or date you.
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Then, when I turned down multiple Big 4 graduate offers to work at a "border-line illegal" start-up called Uber.

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I had an unshakeable feeling that future careers would go to those who embraced new technology, could collaborate in fast-paced teams, and solve complex real-world problems.

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And then 5 years later, when I could sense that our workforce, like many other high-growth tech start-ups, was becoming "bloated" or oversized, I knew it was only a matter of time until...
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So, to insulate against it, I started freelance work on the side to learn how to work for myself in a future where job security was no longer guaranteed (no matter who you were).

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And now I’m seeing feeling a similar wave again 🌊
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In the last 6-12 months, I've been proactively auditing my skills and services.

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And if I'm brutally honest with myself, some of them are now, or nearly, obsolete.

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The way I see it is.

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You won't be replaced (directly) by AI.

But you'll be replaced by those who know how to use it.​
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I don't mean this to be a doomsday rant.

I've just felt compelled to share this for a long time, and wanted to say it like it is.

Because good news is - you're not behind (yet!).

The majority of the population still hasn't used ChatGPT (or any other AI tool)
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So Reader - if you're ready to embrace the direction of the future, and don't want to get stuck in the past.

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Start small.

Access any AI tool.

Prompt or create something with it.

And then play with it like the first time you used the internet in the 1990s/2000s.

Or social media apps in the 2010s.

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Heck, here's an image prompt I tried the other day.

I gave it a reference image of our cat Leo.

And here's what it snapped back at me
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In five years, the people who win will not be the ones who waited to become experts in AI.

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They'll be the ones who decided to start.​
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As always, I hope these words serve you today.

Mamba

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PS: If this resonated with you or struck a nerve (whether good or bad), reply to let me know how you’re thinking about AI & how it's impacting your world.