By Joseph Byrum, CTO of Big House Enterprise. Originally published in Forbes Technology Council, February 23, 2026.
AI is accelerating the commoditization of specialized expertise. The sustainable competitive advantage is connecting it across domains. But that's counterintuitive. Most executives assume AI makes specialization more valuable and that deeper domain expertise becomes a competitive advantage when machines handle commoditized tasks.
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