As several other people have pointed out before me, the added value of humans is connecting ideas from multiple domains. It is no coincidence that many Nobel prize winners are specialists in more than one area because this allows them transfer of knowledge and insights across domains. Neither T-shaped specialists nor true generalists can easily do that, and LLMs aren't good at it either.
A random article (not mine) describing the concept:
Forget T-shaped. The future is M-shaped.
As several other people have pointed out before me, the added value of humans is connecting ideas from multiple domains. It is no coincidence that many Nobel prize winners are specialists in more than one area because this allows them transfer of knowledge and insights across domains. Neither T-shaped specialists nor true generalists can easily do that, and LLMs aren't good at it either.
A random article (not mine) describing the concept:
https://medium.com/management-matters/m-shaped-engineers-the-future-of-software-f88e9c074c1a
Love the M shaped idea - we all have multiple careers in our lifetimes!
Way of the future with the AI tool and Agent worldview
Interesting — T skills talk appreciate — Pushed this concept in the AF almost a decade ago
Thanks for reminding me of the cutting edge work on Workforce development in this timeline
IBM Change Study