LLMs Create the 'Deep Generalist': The Unicorn Hire of the AI Era
claud_fuen · x · 2026-08-06
The author argues that in the era of large language models (LLMs), professionals no longer have to choose between being a specialist or a generalist. With a subject matter expert at their fingertips for basically any field, individuals can continue operating as generalists while pulling real depth wherever needed.
The author coins the term "deep generalists" for this group, identifying them as the unicorn hires of the new era.
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