Reframing chemistry education in the age of automation and AI - Nature

The real AI problem isn't the technology. It's that nobody's teaching people how to think about it first. Nature just published a piece on how chemistry education is failing because universities are

The real AI problem isn't the technology. It's that nobody's teaching people how to think about it first.

Nature just published a piece on how chemistry education is failing because universities are reacting to AI instead of preparing for it. Sound familiar?

That's exactly what's happening in business right now. Tools get bought. Nobody gets prepared. The tool collects dust. You're out $200 a month and more skeptical than ever.

Here's what that article quietly surfaces: the institutions that succeed with AI aren't the ones with the best tools. They're the ones who got clear on the problem before picking the solution.

Most business owners do it backwards. They hear about a tool, buy the tool, then try to find a use for it. That's why your team never adopted it. There was no clear job for it to do.

The fix is simpler than any consultant will admit. Pick one repetitive task your team does every week. Something with clear inputs and outputs. Then find a tool built specifically for that task. One problem. One solution. Thirty days to prove it works.

No system overhaul. No team retraining. Just one win that builds confidence.

What's the task in your business you'd most want to hand off first?

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As Harry Kroto noted: the present market-driven complacency over maintaining the flow of scientists, in particular chemists, is a recipe for disaster.