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We've never industrialized knowledge work

October 23, 2026

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Rolling out AI with a factory playbook? Nico says the picture doesn't fit.

On Thursday's show my co-host Nico Lafakis called this a digital revolution, and said "the industrial aspect of this revolution is the robots." For the knowledge work the rest of us do: "We've never industrialized knowledge work before. So that's why it doesn't make any sense to attempt to apply that."

His line: "Calling an AI system an industrial tool is, let's stop."

He also said, "Second Renaissance is coming." That's his read of where this is heading.

If your plan for AI borrows from manufacturing, this is a short listen on why he'd start from a different picture.

Watch the episode: https://valuefirststudios.com/media/episode/vf-ai-daily-2026-10-22

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