Tom Slater
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197 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 11 May
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I think there's real value in having humans learning to do these tasks, whichever white-collar profession, and having them do it without access to these systems.
and so that you then retain that ability to oversee override these systems when they're not producing the right answers but you have to invest in the human capital first so i guess the analogy would be with pilots pilots still have to learn to fly manually before they they can learn to use autopilot because if the autopilot at some point fails they need to be there to to land the plane
Absolutely.
And it applies.
An accountant who's prepared hundreds of tax returns by hand can spot the error in an AI-generated filing.
The doctor who's made the diagnoses without AI can override the confident but wrong prediction in the right circumstances with the right support.
And so I think what that says to me is that professional bodies, universities, employers, they need to preserve those training pathways to building expertise, even when the AI makes that look slow and inefficient.
because you're not going to be able to orchestrate the AI.
Yes.
I think so.
And the challenge with it comes that it's happening so fast.
In previous transitions, you've had time to work through these issues.
And the challenge here is that we don't have a lot of time because this is coming at us so quickly.
But I do think as the way the Scottish mortgage invests is over really long time periods.
there isn't a great deal of value in something that benefits the next handful of years at the expense of all future years.
And so I think what you have a question of time horizon here is, yes, you can save money in the short run, but if it's going to have a real long-term cost to your ability to operate your business, then that's a false economy.
I guess the way I frame it is the people who will thrive are not those who use AI the most, but those who can still think without it.
And the message is don't take the easy path.
Don't take the shortcuts to productivity that these tools give you.
It's putting in the hard yards.
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