AI isn’t removing expertise. It’s removing the advantage of having it.
When tools can generate answers, the value shifts to knowing what to trust, what to question, and what actually works in practice. That’s where experience shows up. Not as years on paper, but as having seen things fail, break, and play out in the real world. And wisdom is deciding what matters in that moment. What to use, what to ignore, and what not to do at all. The risk isn’t that AI replaces academics. It’s that it makes shallow understanding look good enough unless someone can tell the difference.
AI isn’t removing expertise. It’s removing the advantage of having it.
When tools can generate answers, the value shifts to knowing what to trust, what to question, and what actually works in practice. That’s where experience shows up. Not as years on paper, but as having seen things fail, break, and play out in the real world. And wisdom is deciding what matters in that moment. What to use, what to ignore, and what not to do at all. The risk isn’t that AI replaces academics. It’s that it makes shallow understanding look good enough unless someone can tell the difference.