Generalist vs. Specialist in the After AI Era

The author reflects on a career that moved from narrow physics specialisation into teaching, business and many other interests, and argues he has always been more of a generalist than a specialist. He contends that AI now helps people turn partial knowledge in several fields into useful work, especially through human–AI collaboration where the person brings direction and priorities, and gives his own athletics coaching programme as an example. He concludes that deep expertise still matters, but breadth has become more valuable, calling this the Age of the Generalist.