Geoffrey Huntley wrote about what happens when people finally “get” AI:
If you’re having trouble sleeping because of all the things that you want to create, congratulations. You’ve made it through to the other side of the chasm, and you are developing skills that employers in 2026 are expecting as a bare minimum.
The only question that remains is whether you are going to be a consumer of these tools or someone who understands them deeply and automates your job function? Trust me, you want to be in the latter camp because consumption is now the baseline for employment.
Knowing how to use these tools is no longer a differentiator. The gap is between people who consume AI outputs and people who understand the systems well enough to build on top of them.
For product managers, this means that prompting ChatGPT for a first draft doesn’t count as an AI skill anymore. The question is whether you can wire together agents, automate your own workflows, and spot opportunities others miss because they’re still thinking in manual processes.