Are you losing faith in your experts? 

When we get a second opinion from ChatGPT (or wherever), we see that our experts are fallible, and begin to lose confidence in them. The technology in our pockets hasn’t filtered out to our institutions, and while knowledge monopolies have been broken, accompanying professional monopolies persist. 

So what happens when you bring AI to your appointment? Friction, from institutions that expect you to be ignorant and passive. Overconfidence – you might find yourself saying something you don’t really understand, and can’t explain in real time 😂 You learn that AI is about understanding more than output.

But you care more about your situation than a paid expert ever will. You can spend more than some institutionally-allotted period of time on it, and even experts make mistakes.  Growing your own understanding with AI can help you make sure your doctor is following the latest guidelines for your case, or that your lawyer has considered how a small detail in your contract impacts your claim. 

In the next year, we will break knowledge monopolies in areas that impact us, moving the locus of control closer to ourselves, _using_ professional monopolies rather than falling into them haplessly.