“A recipe is not the chef”: Why AI output isn't expertise
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-08
Responding to the viral lament that “watching AI do in 30 seconds what took you years to get good at is depressing,” gerardsans argues that confusing AI output for expertise is like buying a Gordon Ramsay cookbook and claiming mastery of cooking. AI provides text, not embodied experience — a recipe is not the chef. A concise entry in the ongoing debate over skill value in the AI era.
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