Demos Versus Production
The demo looks perfect.
AI analyzes the customer data, surfaces insights, generates recommendations. The CEO nods. The team gets excited.
Can Versus Should
"AI can do this."
You hear it constantly. AI can write your emails. AI can generate your code.
What Stayed Expensive
AI made analysis cheap.
You can generate competitive research in minutes. Market analysis before lunch. Customer segmentation by afternoon. Strategic
Scarcity Migrated Up
You used to be valuable because you could produce insights.
You'd spend a week analyzing data, reviewing research,
Use It, Lose It
You've probably felt it when the AI gives an answer and you think: Should I check this? Do
Hybrid Work Compounds
You're asking the wrong question.
"What can AI handle?" leads to a binary: everything or nothing.
The Apprenticeship Problem
You need experience to supervise AI.
But AI eliminates the entry-level roles where people gain experience.
In 5 years, who
Who Thinks First
Every time you use ChatGPT, one decision determines whether you get smarter or dumber: who provides context first.
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