Last edition I asked a big question: what do problem solvers do when the problems are solved? (Edition 330)

Today I want to zoom back in. Because before we get there, we have to get through this moment. And this moment is messy.

I have been watching two groups of people struggle with AI. And I think what is happening between them matters more for our community than almost anything else I have written about.

The first group is young. Just entering the workforce. Smart. Motivated. Many of them are AI-native. They grew up with these tools. But they have no real subject matter expertise yet, and they are finding it harder than ever to get a foot in the door.

The second group is experienced. Deep knowledge. Years in their field. The judgment calls. The knowing-why, not just the knowing-what. But AI feels foreign to them and they are not sure where to start.

Both groups have exactly what the other one needs.

Now, here is why this matters to us specifically.

Our community sits in both of these groups. We have dyslexic and neurodivergent students who are already using AI as a cognitive partner, but cannot get the education system to take them seriously. And we have neurodivergent professionals with decades of expertise who are drowning in cognitive load from tasks AI could handle in seconds.

This is not someone else's problem. This is our problem from both sides.

If you are somewhere in your 40s or 50s with 10, 20, maybe 30 years left in your career, this is your moment.

You have something no AI model can fully replace yet: lived subject matter expertise. AI is the perfect tool to multiply that right now. Delegate the stuff you have always hated. Enhance the stuff you are already great at.

In Edition 329 we built a Single Source of Truth so AI stops guessing about who you are. That was the tactical first step. This is the bigger picture of why it matters.

For neurodivergent professionals, the advantage is even bigger. Think about what eats your energy every day. Cognitive load from formatting, structuring, and organizing. Context switching between tools, tabs, and workflows that were never designed for how you think. That friction has been taxing your brain budget for your entire career.

AI handles that now. The formatting. The structuring. The linear sequencing. Which means all those years of expertise finally get to operate without the friction.

The goal is not to add more tools to your day. It is to reduce cognitive load, eliminate context switching, and streamline how you work. AI should make things simpler, not more complicated.

The people who figure this out in the next two or three years are going to be incredibly valuable.

As those experts use AI, something interesting happens. Their knowledge starts getting absorbed into the tools. The models get smarter about their field, their industry, their domain.

And when that happens, the advantage shifts.

The AI-native person who deeply understands these tools, even without 20 years of experience, can suddenly move fast. They can use AI as a subject matter expert in ways that would have taken decades to build before.

The game changes again.

Now think about this from the student side of our community. A neurodivergent student who already uses AI as a cognitive partner, who already knows how to reduce their own cognitive load with these tools, who understands that AI is a way to streamline thinking and not a shortcut? That student is not just AI-native. That student understands cognitive partnership at a level most people in the workforce have not figured out yet.

The education system calls it cheating. We call it the future.

Here is what I keep coming back to.

The best thing that could happen for everyone is if these two groups actually learn from each other.

KRS-One said it years ago and it has never been more relevant. He talked about how when younger people listen to older wisdom, they gain advanced knowledge and move faster. And when older people listen to the young, they gain new knowledge and progress too. Both sides advance when both sides listen. That is how culture moves forward.

He was talking about hip-hop. But he was really talking about every generational transition that has ever happened. And this AI transition is the biggest one of our lifetime.

The experienced person has knowledge the young person will spend years trying to get. The young person has AI fluency the experienced person needs right now.

If they are both willing to listen. Both willing to adapt. That is where something really powerful happens.

We meet in the middle.

It will not be smooth. There will be people on both sides who dig in, who resist, who end up left behind. That is real and I do not want to sugarcoat it.

But the ones who stay curious? Who are willing to learn across that generational line? They are going to find the path forward a lot faster than anyone else.

Here is the part I do not think anyone else is talking about.

Cognitive partnership is the bridge between these two groups. And our community has been building it longer than anyone.

Think about what cognitive partnership actually means. It is not just using AI. It is understanding how to work with AI based on how your brain actually processes information. For someone with dyslexia, that means knowing your strengths. Knowing where you need support. Building systems that reduce cognitive load and eliminate unnecessary context switching so you can focus on what you are best at.

That is the same skill whether you are a student figuring out how to structure an argument or a professional with 25 years of experience finally getting AI to handle the formatting that has drained your energy for decades.

Same model. Different stage of life. Same advantage.

The neurodivergent professional who learns cognitive partnership can teach the student what expertise looks like and how to build it. The neurodivergent student who already lives in these tools can teach the professional how to stop fighting the technology and start working with it.

That is not just meeting in the middle. That is our community modeling what the entire workforce needs to figure out.

In Edition 328 we said the neurodivergent community was ahead of the curve. This is what being ahead looks like. Not just using AI before everyone else. Understanding at a deeper level how humans and AI reduce cognitive load together, minimize context switching, and streamline the path from thinking to doing.

The AI transition is not just about tools. It is about people figuring out how to move together through something none of us have seen before.

The subject matter experts need to embrace AI.

The AI natives need to respect what experience actually means.

And the neurodivergent community, the dyslexic thinkers with one foot in each world, might be the ones who show everyone how to bridge the gap.

This is a multigenerational project. Students and professionals. Young and experienced. Both sides of our community.

The whole point of cognitive partnership is to reduce cognitive load, not add to it. Eliminate context switching, not create more of it. Streamline how we work, not make it harder.

Both sides advance when both sides listen.

Is this playing out where you work? In your family? In your classroom? Hit reply and let me know what you are seeing. I read every one.

Matt "Coach" Ivey

Founder, LM Lab AI  |  Creator, Dyslexic AI

(Dictated, not typed. Obviously.)

👥 The Gap: Young AI-native workers lack expertise. Experienced professionals lack AI fluency. Our community sits in both groups.

🧠 The Framework: Reduce cognitive load. Eliminate context switching. Streamline your brain budget. AI should make things simpler, not more complicated.

🎤 KRS-One Had It Right: Both sides advance when both sides listen. That applies to hip-hop, culture, and the AI workforce transition.

🤝 The Bridge: Cognitive partnership works the same for students and professionals. Our community has been building it longer than anyone.

🚀 The Point: Neurodivergent thinkers, with one foot in each world, might be the ones who show everyone how to meet in the middle.

KRS-One reference: youtube.com/shorts/lEiWlMorPAQ

This edition is part of a series: 327 (cognitive load reframe), 328 (the wake-up call), 329 (Single Source of Truth), 330 (the bigger question). Start with 327 if you are new.