The new leverage
A domain expert can now prototype analyses, workflows and applications at a speed that previously required a much larger technical team. That changes who can build.
The bottleneck moves
When code and content become cheaper, problem definition becomes more important. A fast wrong solution is still wrong. Knowing the process, failure modes, incentives and real constraints becomes the scarce part.
Why this matters in operations
Industrial problems rarely fit a clean prompt. Service, inventory, capacity, cost, people and profitability interact. The person designing the solution needs to understand those trade-offs.
The useful combination
The strongest model is not “AI instead of expertise”. It is domain expertise + data + software + AI, with quality gates and human accountability around the result.
When code and content become cheaper, problem definition becomes more important. A fast wrong solution is still wrong. Knowing the process, failure modes, incentives and real constraints becomes the scarce part.