AI is making one group of people much more capable than everyone else: the people who already learned on the go, from everywhere.
These were the quick learners. The people who picked things up by doing, by noticing patterns, by asking why? AI now exposes them to best practices in real time for almost every activity they touch.
They may have known how to write a simple algorithm, but not when to use a dictionary instead of an array. Then they see how Claude does it and in 10 seconds something clicks. They may have been decent writers with limited vocabulary, but now they instantly see stronger sentence structures, better word choices, better rhythm.
They do not just use AI. They learn from it. They absorb the logic and raise their own level.
For people on the other side of the spectrum, this goes the other way. If someone was already used to following procedures without asking why, AI makes that habit worse. It gives them answers without forcing understanding. And that pushes them even further away from the reasons things are done a certain way.
AI is not leveling the workforce. It is polarizing it. And we will feel that sooner than most people think.
Javad Seif
Pasadena, CA
April 22, 2026