𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠:
𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫.
That distinction matters. A lot. Let that sink in.
This came up clearly in my conversation with Ali Ansari (CEO of micro1) and it reframed how I think about where real edge actually comes from.
Here’s what’s actually happening 👇
AI is getting very good at the mechanical parts of investing:
models, spreadsheets, comps, scenario analysis, data cleanup.
That’s not investing.
That’s table stakes.
The central insight:
Alpha was never created by building models.
Alpha was created by deciding where to look, who to trust, and when to act.
AI compresses time.
It doesn’t replace judgment.
The paradox?
As AI gets better at analysis, human judgment becomes more scarce—not less.
Everyone can run the same model.
Almost no one can ask the right question.
That’s the bottleneck.
AI takes over the 90% of work that looks like intelligence.
Humans focus on the 10% that actually compounds:
• Relationship formation
• Industry pattern recognition
• Market timing
• Conviction under uncertainty
That’s where returns come from.
Here’s the part most people miss 👇
Firms deploying AI fastest aren’t “automating investors.”
They’re raising the floor of execution so humans can operate at the ceiling.
Bad investors with AI stay bad.
Great investors with AI become lethal.
Practical takeaway:
If you think AI is “replacing investing,” you’re asking the wrong question.
The real question is:
What human work is now freed up—and are you good at that work?
Most aren’t.
That’s the opportunity,
We’d like to thank AlphaSense for sponsoring this episode!
Thank you Alex Pattis for the kind introduction!
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