'I can just ask AI myself': how AI is undercutting freelance consultants
SuB8u · x · 2026-09-19
The author notes a mindset shift: clients used to say "I use the product, so I understand the industry"; now they say "I can ask AI myself, so why pay a specialist?" Quoting a piece about accidentally becoming an unpaid educational resource for highly paid people, they argue freelance consultants are especially exposed as AI erodes the economics of expert advice.
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