What to work on in an age of AI?
Putting a Ferrari engine on a Bicycle
When the bar of what’s possible raises the need to understand and manage yourself better also raises.
It’s like putting a Ferrari engine on a bicycle.
You need to upgrade the vehicle so you can actually navigate on the road to match the capabilities of the engine.
That becomes the primary bottleneck.
The value we build becomes the coordination, direction, and friction.
Education and up-skilling is so much more essential in the age of AI, because without it. It’s no longer about learning knowledge, thats already abundant, but the application of that knowledge. That’s why learning needs to be combined with doing.
Direction also matters much more - doing what only you can do and nobody else can do - building a monopoly of one.
It’s necessary for everyone who competes to have an understanding of the market forces, competitors, and have a wider field of view, because now everyone has.
Time, mindset and energy management are also essential as they are for athletes.
Soft and personal skills matter more because that is the interface that AI can’t yet reach, and we have evolved to specialise in.
The opportunity for most people in the friction and challenges. The application of this new technology to solve problems and integrate it into our systems.
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How to build a successful career in the AI age?
TLDR: The labour market has changed. Students need to take education into their own hands. Here is a curriculum and way of thinking about which skills to build that can withstand the evolving job market. There are two tracks: 1) Leverage, and 2) Human Super-Skills. The curriculum should be tailored to each person.