🔮 Why AI might finally break Polanyi's Paradox

One second-order effect may be organisational flattening. If junior employees can perform at near-expert levels with the support of Copilots or enhanced knowledge resources, seniority will be reconsidered in ways we’ve not had to before. How you contribute to a company may be less about the years you spend there, and more about the relationships yo... See more

But today, AI holds out the possibility of overcoming Polanyi’s Paradox. One of the strengths of AI—especially AI based on unsupervised learning, including today’s large language models—is its ability to find patterns in unstructured data. In other words, AI can potentially capture tacit knowledge. It can learn effective sales techniques not from a... See more