Matt Beane, Associate Professor of Technology Management at UC Santa Barbara & author of The Skill Code, breaks down why AI’s endless flood of B+ work is a trillion-dollar threat to human skill, and how challenge, complexity, and connection keep people learning when experts no longer need novices. He also shares what leaders and organizations should do before the deskilling bill comes due. 00:00 Intro 01:17 Don’t Let AI Dumb You Down 01:33 The B+ Trap 02:31 The Trillion-Dollar Deskilling 02:50 Fighters vs. Coasters 03:30 Burning Tokens, Running in Circles 04:00 Reward the B+ Killers 04:37 What Shadow Learners Reveal…

