As AI handles more skills, agency matters more than expertise. People who see the world as changeable and act on it will thrive. Those locked into fixed job titles and rigid identities will struggle.
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I don't think agency is very evenly distributed in the world. Before, it was very easy to always say, well, I will never be able to do this because insert skill issue. And I think we're realizing that even if you have the skills at your fingertips, because now, I don't know, an AGI adjacent model helps you, uh, the thing that matters is agency. And I think people who have true agency and they understand that the world around them is malleable. Will do great and the folks who stick to what, tell me really, what does it mean to be a PM? What does it mean to be a designer? And like, what's my job as an engineer? I think that will be much harder.