>Knowledge alone is not enough to accomplish or execute anything in the real world. That's true, but if companies compete only on execution and not on innovati

>Knowledge alone is not enough to accomplish or execute anything in the real world. That's true, but if companies compete only on execution and not on innovation, I fear that the result will be less innovation. Also, some of the digital artifacts that can easily be copied are largely on the execution side. Software being a prime example of that. >AI will make the creation of knowledge a commodity If and when AIs are that advanced they're going to have to sort out their own problems and fight over their own ideologies. But how will we even get there if everyone is busy executing and no one has an incentive to innovate? That said, profit is certainly not the only incentive to innovate. It's one of the incentives though, particularly where it's closely intertwined with execution and product development.