Despite the hype, AI is unreliable, with error rates as high as 20-30%. This makes it a poor substitute for junior employees. Companies attempting to replace newcomers with current AI risk significant operational failures and undermine their talent pipeline.
The most successful professionals will not be those who simply adopt AI, but those who resist its default, easy outputs. True value creation will come from applying critical thought and domain expertise on top of AI-generated work, rather than accepting the first solution.