Those who already had all the data, optimize their machine models to contextualize new, nuanced data.
The open source community, by and large, is cannibalized for Commercial products (usually, in small digestible pieces of Open-Source turned private repositories).
If you observe that advances in a specific fields (such as GPU capabilities) rapidly accelerate progress in others, you can expect increasingly intertwined technological developments, challenging traditional skill silos.
"AI" shifts from tool to collaborative partner. Chatbots to contextualize language interfaces. Action models execute the actvitiy. An area ripe for opportunity would be anything in the gravity of human-AI symbiosis. New tool adapts collaboration strategies.
The abstract thinking produces adaptable professionals. Supporting development frameworks may need to prioritize abstract thinking, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.
Anecdotally, does this shed us from our current technological dark ages?