When I walked into the TechEx AI & Big Data Expo in Santa Clara last week, I didn’t expect clarity. I expected noise: buzzwords ricocheting off LED screens, startups pitching productivity miracles, enterprise executives nodding sagely to sales demos. And all of that was definitely there. But what stayed with me wasn’t the flash. It was a quieter insight: most professionals aren’t worried that AI will replace them. They’re worried they’re already being measured against it.