LLMs make intellectual technicians less necessary.

It used to be that there were certain domains that were too complicated to be operated by anyone who wasn't a specialist.

Now the LLMs have the background knowledge to execute problems that require specialist knowledge^[b].

The situated knowledge, curiosity, and judgment is what is most important for the human to provide.

Generalists who are curious and proactive will thrive in a new AI-first world.

Fixed role descriptions will fade away… generalists will adapt to what the problem domains at the moment, marshaling their agents who have all of the specialist knowledge necessary.