Dilip Chetan

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Honest thinking about AI, work, and what it means to stay irreplaceable.

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We told them to climb. Then we removed the rungs.

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April 21, 2026

We told them to climb. Then we removed the rungs.

A young man I met recently handed me a masterclass in what AI is doing to young people. He wasn't meaning to.

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You're not losing your job to AI. You could be handing it over.

April 15, 2026

You're not losing your job to AI. You could be handing it over.

Siddhartha Mukherjee wrote about the tension between human intuition and algorithmic thinking. The implications for your career are not abstract.

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You've been using AI wrong. It's not a tool. It's the new colleague who just joined your team.

April 8, 2026

You've been using AI wrong. It's not a tool. It's the new colleague who just joined your team.

Last week's post on Frank left some of you thinking I'm skeptical of AI. I'm not. I'm skeptical of how most people are using it.

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Your AI Is Screening Out Your Best Candidates. And You Don't Even Know It.

April 1, 2026

Your AI Is Screening Out Your Best Candidates. And You Don't Even Know It.

When I was building a team, I had my eye on Frank. The right skills, the right attitude. Then AI got in the way.

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What does the defensible zone look like?

March 20, 2026

What does the defensible zone look like?

A real world example from a design expert — and some concrete advice for people still trying to find where they actually stand.

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The thing about you that AI can't replace.

March 15, 2026

The thing about you that AI can't replace.

The fear of AI replacing white-collar jobs is real and justified. This is where I started — and why I built the framework.

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