15-year consultant: no one 'picks things up' across industries
binarybits · x · 2026-09-12
A consultant with 15 years of experience pushes back on AI cross-domain claims, arguing business complexity is consistently underestimated. Even a consultant with 15 years in, say, chemicals manufacturing still only offers complementary expertise to an operator with 20 years in the field — the two can still debate the right operational changes. In his view, no consultant on Earth simply 'picks things up' domain to domain, a pointed counter to narratives about AI's generalist capabilities.
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