How do I use AI at work without feeling replaced?

That feeling of being replaced comes before any real loss. It is your mind running ahead into a future that has not arrived. Take a breath and come back to what is actually true right now: a new tool has landed on your desk, and you have not yet made it yours. The people who feel replaced are the ones who stand back and watch. The people who feel steady are the ones who pick it up and learn what it can and cannot do. The tool has no judgment, no memory of your customers, no sense of what matters here. You bring all of that. It is a helper, not a replacement, and how you use it decides which it becomes. Start small and specific. Take one thing you do every week and try doing it with the tool once. See where it helps and where it fails. Curiosity is the cure for this fear, and it starts with a single honest attempt.