AI commoditizes the execution of thought, but not the direction of thought.

Intelligence used to be the most important human selection factor; our IQ grew over the last centuries. However, with access to the best models, we have a pocket Einstein available for almost free. Thus, the idea is that intelligence is indeed cheaper; AI has only changed the price for the execution of intelligence. Meanwhile, the cost of choosing the direction has gone up

it is getting more competitive to define first principles, taste, judgment, and agency.

creation is the cheapest today.
choice is the most expensive.

• First principles (axioms) define what is fundamentally true about the world
• Taste tells you what is good and what is bad
• Judgment helps you choose what to do when the answer is uncertain
• Agency is your ability to turn decisions into reality