Overheard in Dubai: a 'Claude specialist' selling courses and licenses to tourists
teodorio · x · 2026-09-27
The author describes sitting next to an Australian "Claude specialist" at a Dubai shisha lounge—45 students on his platform, consulting on the side, selling licenses for "online ad specialists," and pitching an Arab businessman on a new venture—while mocking his loose use of the term "reverse engineering." A vivid slice of the AI guru-consulting scene.
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