I don’t need you. I do.

I have been part of some interesting conversations over the last two days around AI. It’s hard to avoid AI as a topic around most tables you sit at these days. Now that we all have access to the same LLM models from Anthropic or OpenAI, most conversations go like this: “I am a system architect. I know how to architect a system, and with the power of these models, I don’t need a developer anymore because AI will help me build this awesome architecture I’ve designed.” “I am a Business Analyst. I no longer need designers or developers to build the customer requirements that I understand so well. Developers and designers were the bottleneck before, but now I can deliver software so much faster using these models.” “I am a designer. At the end of the day, customers interact with the designs I create. Now that I have access to these models, I don’t need the help of a developer to create my prototypes anymore. Developers were a bottleneck, slowing me down. No more.” “I am a coach. I…