A field guide to AI expertise

Every expert carries a flashlight.

AI isn't one subject. It's a territory of fields, from linear algebra to labor economics. Even the best people in it see only the part their light reaches, and the light is brightest at the center.

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The territory

The elements

Ten families, fields. Some are pure math, some are about minds and cells, some are about law and labor. All of them shape what AI is and what it does. Pick an expert to see where their light falls, and how bright it is.

Deep: could teach it Working: has done real work in it Literate: can follow the experts Dark
Your light

Light up your own map

Tap a field to cycle it through literate, working and deep, then back to dark. Mark each level the way a close colleague would describe it. Saved maps are anonymous: only the label you type and your levels are kept, and only people you send the link to can see yours. One day, saved maps may come together in one view, to show the combinations people bring.

Describe the expertise, not the person. 60 characters max.
DeepYou could teach it or publish in it.
WorkingYou've done real work with it.
LiterateYou can follow the experts.