Critical thinking has always mattered. Not because it makes you sound smart. Because it makes you pause before accepting what looks obvious. AI makes that even more important.
We now get faster answers, cleaner summaries and more confident recommendations. But speed and confidence do not equal judgement.
In finance transformation and enterprise systems, this matters a lot. A confident answer is not a trusted answer.
The edge will sit with people who know what to ask, what to challenge and which answers deserve to be trusted.