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Artificial Intelligence deficiency syndrome (ADS) is spreading like a wild fire in the corporate world. If you fall victim to AI you are treated as if you have been infected with ADS. Having ADS is considered a death warrant in the corporate world for obvious reasons. Without even a bare knowledge in AI you are bound to go into oblivion in a couple of years. This is the sentiment echoing in the corridors of the corporate world, where there are high stakes on offer.
We may be approaching a turning point, particularly for IT professionals who have long occupied a relatively privileged position in the global workforce. The IT boom at the start of the millennium created a class of highly paid knowledge workers with access to economic mobility and modern luxuries. Today, that same group could be among the first to feel the disruptive effects of AI at scale.
However, this shift is not limited to IT alone. Any profession that relies heavily on data, patterns, or information—arguably most modern professions—will experience some level of transformation. Fields such as data science, finance, law, design, medicine, and even creative industries are already seeing early signs of this change.
There is an interesting parallel between technological invention and natural patterns. Many of our innovations mirror systems found in nature: automobiles reflect energy transformation similar to metabolism, computers mimic aspects of human cognition, and economic systems often align with fundamental physical principles, like the first law of thermo dynamics. In that sense, invention is less about creating something entirely new and more about discovering and applying patterns that already exist in nature.
When inventing patterns becomes the order of the day, AI has demonstrated competency far beyond human capacity. This is why AI is going to out class human competencies that have been mastered over centuries of inventions. When the whole information available on the internet becomes a comprehension with the click of a button it’s evident that the time has come for humans to adopt AI and adapt its influence. In a harsh way we can simply say that centuries of human civilization can be summarized in a matter of a few minutes.
AI works with pattern analysis and can comprehend zillions of information in a matter of minutes. I don’t think we will be capable of doing that even in the next million years.
This does not mean AI will replace humans entirely. Rather, it will redefine roles. Tasks that involve repetition, standardization, or large-scale pattern recognition are increasingly being automated. At the same time, human strengths—such as judgment, ethics, and contextual decision-making remains untouched by AI.
The real risk, therefore, is not AI itself, but the failure to adapt to it.
The “treatment” for ADS is straightforward: build practical knowledge of AI. This includes understanding how AI models are developed, where they can be applied, their limitations, and how they can be integrated into real-world workflows. Professionals who can effectively combine domain expertise with AI tools will be far better positioned than those who do not engage with the technology.
In this environment, the most valuable skill may not be performing tasks manually, but knowing how to guide, evaluate, and collaborate with AI systems.
We can’t override AI in any form, but can work on its side lines. The impact of AI is so immense in the IT industry that you don’t want someone to tell you that you have ADS.
I would think many of the professions that use data on patterns as the basis for their function will get enhanced or affected in a big way. Like astronomy, astrology, data scientist, statistician, stock trading, auditors, climatologist, designers, psychologists, music, script writers, pharmaceuticals, genealogy, lawyers and maybe even a novel idea like predicting earthquakes.
When you have a system that thinks like humans, plus having the vast amount of information available on the internet at its disposal, then it’s like combining all the humans alive with all the known facts. This is AI in a nut shell.
Inventions will get fast tracked; most high profile jobs like analyst, script writing, lyricist become less relevant; software development, testing etc needs very few candidates. Most fields will get enhancements to such levels that only very few are required to manage it.
The existing AI applications like chatGPT,Claude, Cursor,Llama, Gemini, Copilot etc all can answer questions at a sophisticated level.
Perhaps you should know how to manage an AI system, the intelligent part with knowledge and analysis will be delivered by the AI.
Scaling down of jobs in many areas will be visible within the next two or three years. Those who escape the ADS and prepare themselves to use AI applications become demanding in the job market.
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