The AI chicken nuggets problem

I keep hearing the same fear-mongering online lately:"Learn AI before someone who knows AI takes your job!"But something about this line just makes my brain feel itchy.​It takes me back to a strategy class at NYU, where we learned the resource-based view from a clip of The Wire.​In the clip, Wallace marvels at whoever invented the chicken nugget. Surely that guy must be really rich.D'Angelo turns to him and explains that of course not — he's just a cook in a basement somewhere, probably still being forced to come up with new recipes for tastier fries.The point: the value doesn't lie in the chef.The value lies in the nuggets.And if the company owns the nuggets, the chef is disposable.​I watch AI influencers encouraging finance pros to learn AI so they can be more valuable to their companies, and I keep wondering:Is this just the nuggets all over again?​Say you spend the weekend vibe…

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