Joseph: AI is commoditized; domain knowledge is the true critical differentiator
Sindhu Joseph · AI in Wealth Management: Scaling Financial Advisory & Democratizing Access · Aug 11, 2025 · at 23:06
Dr. Sindhu Joseph, founder and CEO of CogniCore, gives advice to aspiring technologists and founders on where to focus their skills as AI tools mature.
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“We don't need to understand a lot of AI to be able to, you know I kind of lose my relevance now because I don't, we don't need AI scientists to work with AI systems or build AI systems and all that, so I, One of the places that I always recommend young people and students to kind of focus is focus their attention on the domain knowledge. That is something that you know, AI becomes a commodity, like, you know, you can really build those systems once you know what to build.”
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