Raw compute is becoming a commodity. Deep human expertise is becoming the ultimate moat. OpenAI’s Sebastian Bubeck just shattered the illusion that AI will equalize human capability. It won’t. As models approach AGI, the barrier to entry for basic tasks drops to zero. But the ceiling for what’s possible rises infinitely. If you actually know what you’re doing. Bubeck: “I think expertise and deep expertise in a scientific field is more important than ever.” This is the part most people aren’t processing. If you don’t have foundational understanding of the physics, math, or engineering you’re working with, you cannot push the model past its surface. You get trapped in a loop. Typing prompts. Getting answers. Understanding neither. Building nothing. Bubeck: “The worry would be that there is even more of a separation between people who start relying too much on AI… and the people who are really studying precisely what’s happening.” The fracture is already forming. ...