I've had many discussions with non-technical people, teachers, engineers, academics and researchers on the topic of education and AI. The conversation often st

I've had many discussions with non-technical people, teachers, engineers, academics and researchers on the topic of education and AI. The conversation often starts with me asking this question: In a future where every person has an all-knowing assistance in their pocket --a nearly perfect AI who knows it all-- what should we teach in schools, from early childhood to university? The corollary to that question is: When that happens, what will be important in people? How do people add value to an organization? The answers are, as might be expected, varied. Some are dismissive. They simply do not believe that moment will come or that it will be as described. That it cannot be as described. Others are more apocalyptic and come very close to being fearful of this future. Yet another group is glad they are older and will get to watch this happen while retired. In some cases there's a struggle understanding how to teach certain subjects, mathematics being a typical example. If you have a device that can solve any and all mathematical problems --and even explain them-- what do you need to know about math? My take so far --I say "so far" because this doesn't even approach a supportable conclusion-- is that the differentiating factor will be experience and the ability to effectively connect, or use, multidisciplinary knowledge. Maybe I look at this from an entrepreneurial perspective. A small experienced team will be able to rent or buy thousands of experts and workers across every possible discipline and, using their experience, put them to work towards a stated objective. A person who is "mono-skilled" (I'm sure that's not a term), will not be able to utilize these tools to the same level of advantage. And, yes, I think you will have to know a lot about a lot of subjects. That's the only way to understand if the AI tools and workers are rowing in the right direction. How we impart this knowledge is a different matter. One thing is certain, education will have to change radically to address the devaluation of raw knowledge in favor of being able to take different types of knowledge lego blocks to make things happen. It is possible that Norway's leaders just made a genius move by making ChatGPT available to everyone in this way. Brilliant.