This metaphor is not about the tools so much as it is about the nature of expertise and its effect on the results of said tools. Someone with expertise will us

This metaphor is not about the tools so much as it is about the nature of expertise and its effect on the results of said tools. Someone with expertise will use any tools, including GPT, in ways a novice can’t even understand. Same tools, different outputs. Not the tools, because basically anyone has access, but the one using it will determine the outcome. In a capitalist society you will have to compete otherwise known as staying employed. Someone with expertise can hook up AIs in ways and with a velocity that will leave amateurs in the dust. The amateurs will still be fiddling around with “prompts” and Googling or ChatGPT’ing what “latent” means while the expert has working systems ready to go. I don’t see this chasm getting smaller. These tools magnify your inherent (in)competency. Try to compete with a professional artist competent with Stable Diffusion if you want a taste of that.