Is AI Self-Aware?

There’s a lot of talk about AI becoming a real part of our teams. Some people have even gone so far as to name their AI teammates. At first, the whole idea felt gimmicky, like a marketing ploy to humanize a tool that isn’t actually human. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized I needed to take the question seriously: If AI is going to be integrated into our teams, then we need to understand who or what we’re actually onboarding. And that raises some big questions: Who is this “team member”? What’s it good at? Where does it fall short? Will it learn and improve over time? Does it have a sense of purpose? A personality? What kind of support does it need? Will it help or hinder the rest of the team? And most importantly—can we trust it?