When I lost my job, I learned to code. Now AI doom mongers are trying to scare me all over again | Tristan Cross

AI isn’t a tool you reach for anymore. It’s the environment you build in. From hiring policies to phone assistants, it’s being embedded into the operating systems of companies, apps, and creative work alike. The question isn’t whether AI will affect your work. It’s whether you’ll shape that shift—or be shaped by it.

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But as I started reporting more on AI and automation, the message I heard from experts about the modern economy was, essentially, the exact opposite. These experts said that, in a highly automated economy, the most valuable skills and abilities were the ones that could distinguish workers from machines. Rather than treating ourselves as pieces of b... See more

The game has shifted, and the winning strategy with it. It’s no longer about understanding specialized details; it’s about grasping the high-level global picture. It’s less about knowing how to patch a system and more about knowing that it needs to be patched. It’s more about architecture, and less about implementation. Precisely where generalists ... See more

It has become standard to describe A.I. as a tool. I argue that this framing is incorrect. It does not aid in the completion of a task. It completes the task for you. A.I. is a service. You cede control and decisions to an A.I. in the way you might to an independent contractor hired to do a job that you do not want to or are unable to do. This is i... See more