I still think specific, esoteric knowledge gets devalued.
The way I experience AI is that it's like a super-powered search. It's like having an undergrad with limited knowledge read everything and come back to you with an answer.
Based on their own limited knowledge on complex topics, they're not always going to come back to you with the correct answer, but it gives you a heck of a better starting point than if you were to search for it yourself from scratch.
So what that means regarding esoteric knowledge is that the specific detail you were looking for is no longer hidden beneath 5 layers of obscura - you at least get pointed to the general area of the solution, and then maybe you have to read a paper or two to get the details you need. And instead of having to read 5 other papers to understand that one, you can ask questions and get decent answers about the terms you don't understand etc.
So imo it becomes less valuable to yourself be an encyclopedia of esoteric knowledge, since that knowledge becomes more accessible. It's like how being an expert on any road system become much less valuable with the advent of GPS.
The way I experience AI is that it's like a super-powered search. It's like having an undergrad with limited knowledge read everything and come back to you with an answer.
Based on their own limited knowledge on complex topics, they're not always going to come back to you with the correct answer, but it gives you a heck of a better starting point than if you were to search for it yourself from scratch.
So what that means regarding esoteric knowledge is that the specific detail you were looking for is no longer hidden beneath 5 layers of obscura - you at least get pointed to the general area of the solution, and then maybe you have to read a paper or two to get the details you need. And instead of having to read 5 other papers to understand that one, you can ask questions and get decent answers about the terms you don't understand etc.
So imo it becomes less valuable to yourself be an encyclopedia of esoteric knowledge, since that knowledge becomes more accessible. It's like how being an expert on any road system become much less valuable with the advent of GPS.