The BaseEssayThe Guardian
I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise
According to the excerpt, Madhu Shashanka, a co-founder and CTO of data security firm Concentric AI, argues in a Guardian opinion piece that AI is capable at complex tasks yet clumsy at easy ones, so human judgment will remain needed. The example is Waymo parking tickets.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Madhu Shashanka argues that jobs needing everyday judgment will stay human because AI still fails at simple tasks.
The question it raises
The essay raises what human judgment is and why it may stay valuable as AI takes on complex work.
The record
- Questions
- What happens to work, income and the economy?
- People
- Madhu Shashanka (Wrote it, Co-founder, chief scientist and CTO, Concentric AI)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 21, 2026, via
the-guardian-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Guardian, “I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise”, October 20, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/guardian-2026-10-20-cto-ai-needs-human-expertise
Our notesLight lane: excerpt only. Author is a vendor executive; the Waymo claim is attributed to the Wall Street Journal in the excerpt.