Artisanal intelligence / the lone genius is dead — solutions will come from systems enabling millions.

Artisanal intelligence / the lone genius is dead — solutions will come from systems enabling millions. | And I think one of the points we make in the chapter here is that the lone genius is dead. And what people need to do now is build systems that let millions of people solve entire categories of problems. That's right. Or or put differently, artisal intelligence is cooked.

And I think one of the points we make in the chapter here is that the lone genius is dead. And what people need to do now is build systems that let millions of people solve entire categories of problems. That's right. Or or put differently, artisal intelligence is cooked.

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