Right now, generative AI looks to be more like microwave ovens than electricity -- usefully novel but not obviously revolutionary or all-pervasive.

Even with the remarkable convenience and new opportunities that microwave ovens brought to kitchens, it still made a lot of sense for commercial kitchens and culinary schools to keep focused on more traditional fundamentals and their mastery when hiring and training candidates.

Same applies to our field for the foreseeable future.

I like this metaphor.

I suspect that GenAI will eventually reach a point where it's actually really useful, but we aren't quite there yet.