Embrace and Adapt
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Brotman's chapter on embracing AI and pivoting hard makes a pointed observation: the resistance to AI adoption is usually highest among people who feel most secure in their current skills. The lawyer who has built a career on research and drafting, the journalist who has built a career on writing, the analyst who has built a career on data processing — these are precisely the roles where AI is most capable right now. The professionals who will navigate this well are not the ones who deny the disruption or wait to see how it unfolds. They are the ones who embrace it early, invest in understanding what AI can and cannot do in their specific domain, and deliberately migrate their time from AI-capable tasks to the genuinely human work that remains. Embrace early. Pivot with intention.