THE BROAD VIEW

AI is making talent invisible – that is a problem for organisations

The link between a polished piece of work and the effort and judgment behind it is weakening

    • AI is not making intelligence obsolete. It is making the traditional signals of proficiency unreliable.
    • AI is not making intelligence obsolete. It is making the traditional signals of proficiency unreliable. PHOTO: BT FILE
    Published Sat, Jun 27, 2026 · 07:00 AM

    A FEW weeks ago, a friend sent me a message about a post I had written on LinkedIn. In it, I described an academic who had criticised writing with the assistance of artificial intelligence – but was later accused of relying on it himself. 

    My friend ignored the professor and went straight for me. “Your post itself shows obvious signs of AI writing,” he said. “Do you see the irony?” 

    I have been turning that question over ever since, not because he had called me out, but because the exchange gestured at something larger than AI. It pointed to the processes we use to judge one another.