If you are not a developer, you can use AI to code an entire video game. If you are not a tax professional, you can use AI to do your taxes. There's still value in human specialized skills, especially for checking AI work, but this is a gap to close, not a forever-feature.
The rise of the 'two-job job': 61% of workers say they're now doing more than one role | Fortune
A Korn Ferry survey of over 16,000 professionals finds 61% now do more than one role, with rising workloads and falling motivation as firms flatten management and rely on AI.
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