The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
understanding what the AI cannot understand - the larger complex system within which it is operating.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
Contextual value is a measure of how crucial a task is to the performance or stability of a larger system. It’s not about whether a task is hard to do or emotionally meaningful; it’s about whether it is structurally indispensable to a system operating under certain constraints.
When constraints change, the contextual value of tasks in the system ch... See more
When constraints change, the contextual value of tasks in the system ch... See more
Sangeet Paul Choudary • The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
To remain valuable, individuals and organizations must learn to spot where the constraint has moved, and redesign roles around it.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
Where is the machine creating a new constraint that only a human can resolve?
In other words:
Don’t just look at what AI can’t do.
That will pit you in a race against an ever-improving machine.
Look, instead, at what it breaks in the system.
In other words:
Don’t just look at what AI can’t do.
That will pit you in a race against an ever-improving machine.
Look, instead, at what it breaks in the system.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
Much like cold chain logistics removed seafood scarcity, AI changes the scarcity associated with certain types of knowledge work. But in doing so, it will expose new bottlenecks and constraints. These are points in the system where trust, context, and interpretation become the new scarcities.