AI and Intellectual Equality (2): Traditional Credentials Lose Value, Real Experience Gains a Premium
TL;DR Academic credentials are losing their power as signals of capability because AI can master textbook knowledge. The premium is moving elsewhere: toward judgment earned through real responsibility. When knowing something is no longer scarce, what you have actually done becomes the new screening criterion. Two résumés sit before a recruiter. Candidate A is a recent graduate from a top university with a 3.8 GPA, AI-tool certificates, and multiple AI courses. Candidate B attended an ordinary university with a 3.0 GPA but has three years of work experience: two project collapses, a data-migration incident, and countless lessons that a plan would not work. ...