How To Build Influence In A World Flooded With AI

A practical guide to developing a useful opinions AI could never generate

Artificial intelligence is creating a flood of generic and soulless content. It's getting incredibly good at producing the "fat middle" of the curve. It can write an average memo, a decent coding prototype, or a passable first draft.

This is wonderful news if you weren’t able to do any of those things to begin with, or in situations where average is all you need.

But it’s also creating a big opportunity. As the volume of mediocrity explodes, the value of a novel perspective skyrockets. AI makes the average more average, which means the exceptional stands out like never before.

While most are predicting that AI will make human creativity less valuable, I think that this dynamic represents the single biggest opportunity for your career right now.

The most valuable professional moat you can build is around your unique voice, your hard-won experience, and your human perspective. The way to build that moat is to stop thinking like an employee who completes tasks and start thinking like a cre…