Priyanka Vergadia

Well, 71% of Americans believe that AI will cause massive job losses.

Algorithms are getting smarter, faster, more capable every single day.

My work puts me at the heart of this anxiety, where I bring

AI applications to market for big tech companies, and I help customers and businesses really take the potential of this technology further for their businesses.

And through it all, I've seen brilliant professionals second-guess themselves as AI gets smarter.

But let me tell you this one fundamental truth about AI.

AI is excelling at identifying patterns.

It understands data.

We humans excel at understanding what these patterns actually mean in this beautifully chaotic world of human behavior.

And even as these models and algorithms get stronger over time, this will stay true.

Why?

Because we understand things that cannot be quantified.

context, intent, unspoken emotions, cultural nuances.

This depth of understanding comes from lived experiences that AI cannot replicate.

So today I'll share with you three stories from my experience to prove this point, that AI understands data and we understand experiences.

And the key here is to not compete with AI, but to work with it while staying irreplaceably human.

So how do we do that?

Well, I was recently at a conference and met Sarah, a product manager.

Her team has built an AI-powered analytics dashboard that's telling them very clearly that 80% of their users are only using basic features and 20% are using advanced features here and there.

Now,