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Forty Forward
Experience gives you context, pattern recognition, and a quality bar. Those strengths make AI more useful, not less.
Start from what you already know
Use AI first in work where you can recognize a good answer. Your subject knowledge helps you catch missing facts, weak assumptions, and advice that sounds polished but will not work.
Learn one useful move at a time
You do not need to master every tool. Learn how to frame a task, supply the right source material, and review the result. Add another workflow only after the first one earns a place in your week.
Treat experience as the filter
A model can suggest options quickly. You still understand the people, history, trade-offs, and consequences surrounding the decision. That context belongs in your review.
Adopt AI. Stay in charge.
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