My last piece about running a two-person AI-powered law firm went viral. But the reaction that stuck with me wasn't excitement. It was fear.
Millions of smart, accomplished professionals are running the same calculation in their heads: how long until the thing I do for a living gets done by a machine?
Here's what I think.
The “intelligence premium”, the premium the market has paid for the ability to analyze, research, draft, and produce skilled output, is evaporating. AI does this now. It does it for $200/month. And it's getting better every few weeks.
But there is a layer beneath that work that is not getting cheaper. It’s getting more expensive. It’s the layer where you decide what to do when the answer isn’t clear, where you stake your reputation on a call that could go either way.
That layer is judgment. And it's about to become the most important fault line in the professional economy.
New article below: The Judgment Premium
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