If intelligence becomes cheap, what becomes valuable? The orientation advantage
MazMansoor · x · 2026-10-06
Mazhar Mansoor argues that when AI makes intelligence abundant, scarcity doesn't disappear — it migrates. Calculators didn't make math irrelevant; they changed which mathematical abilities mattered. Search engines made finding, filtering and evaluating knowledge more valuable.
The central question shifts from "who can think?" to "who knows what is worth thinking about?" Judgment and orientation, not raw intelligence, become the scarce and valuable skills in the AI era.
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