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Re:Does the Future Belong to Generalists? by RelativeDelta on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @05:26PM (#35720243)
No.

"Generalists" usually carries an implication of a higher volume of less developed skills. GPU.

"Specialists" likewise refers to fewer more developed skills. CPU.

The future belongs to those who can maximize both trees. A high volume of highly developed skills.

That will likely take the form of a specialized skillset: Leveraging frontier technologies to advance complexity in market niches (presumably via heavy usage of AI). This aligns more with the "Specialist" than the "Generalist".

Re:Does the Future Belong to Generalists? by perilunar on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:00AM (#35724710)
Shouldn't that be the other way around? CPUs are generalists, GPUs are specialists.
Re:Does the Future Belong to Generalists? by RelativeDelta on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:09PM (#35733877)
In practice yes. I was thinking in terms of processing threads.