Business, Tech, Consulting, Analytics

  Nobody wants to be called “a jack of all trades, a master of none.” But perhaps AI turns that old saw on its head. Here’s an example to show how AI has changed how we approach learning and skill acquisition. I spent the last few years learning the R statistical/programming language and used it for occasional analytics projects. With the dramatic rise in machine learning algorithms, Python seems to have become table stakes for anyone doing serious analytics. So here we go again … another stinkin’ language to learn. But to my surprise -- I only needed a day or so to learn what I need. I have friends, Mr. Chat, Ms. Perplexity, and Dr. Claude, who sit on the edge of their virtual seats, just waiting for me to give them work. Why learn loops, advanced charts and graphs, statistics, and all the rest when AI will do the work for me? Sure, they make mistakes but even then, I can feed the error messages back to them and wind up with some slick code on the other end. So, a day’s worth of...