[[Agency is key]], not knowledge or skills 在一个信息唾手可得、权威被不断削弱的世界里，大学作为“知识守门人”的传统价值正在瓦解。未来的价值将不再来自于一个宽泛的、综合性的文凭。 创新半衰期缩短，学历不再是“长期保险” 最稳固的竞争力是“再学习–再定位”的学习和寻方向能力 ## “无凭证经济”的崛起 传统的“大学文凭->稳定工作”路径正面临一个强大的新竞争者： 以创作者经济、NIL（大学体育明星商业化）为代表的“无凭证经济” 大学不再是年轻人实现人生价值的唯一通道，它正在与一个更灵活、更直接、更具诱惑力的平行经济体系争夺人才 [[学历的作用是用来证明我们有学习的能力]] --- AI is fundamentally undermining the value and necessity of these traditional credentials in many (though not all) domains. 1. **Democratization of Specialized Knowledge and Skills:** - **Rapid Skill Acquisition:** AI tools like ChatGPT (and many others for coding, design, writing, data analysis, etc.) allow individuals to achieve outcomes that previously required years of dedicated study and practice. The author contrasts his nine months to build a prototype a decade ago with a week now to build a "state-of-the-art platform." - **Lowering Barriers to Entry:** You no longer need a formal degree in computer science to build a functional app, or a marketing degree to create an effective ad campaign, if AI can guide you or generate significant portions of the work. The "$20 ChatGPT subscription" can, for many tasks, replicate the output of "several years of experience." 2. **Shift from "Knowing How" to "Knowing What & Why":** - AI can handle a lot of the "how" (the technical implementation, the detailed execution). This frees up individuals to focus on the "what" (what problem needs solving, what is the vision) and the "why" (what is the strategic purpose). - The value shifts from possessing the detailed, specialized, procedural knowledge (which AI can provide) to having the vision, strategic thinking, and "agency" to direct the AI towards a valuable goal. 3. **Focus on Outcomes over Processes/Qualifications:** - If an individual, using AI, can deliver a high-quality result (a working software, a compelling design, a sound financial model), the market may become less concerned with how they acquired the ability to produce that result or what formal qualifications they hold. - The article mentions "companies like Midjourney, with its 40 employees and $500m of yearly revenues." These companies are succeeding based on the power of their product, not necessarily the pedigree of every employee's credentials. 4. **Blurring Professional Boundaries:** - When AI makes various skills more accessible, individuals are no longer confined to their narrow, credentialed specialty. "Product managers developing business financial models; designers writing commercial ads; barbershops building custom booking systems" are examples of this. Their ability to do these things, powered by AI, trumps the need for a specific credential in each of those new areas.