Is Learning AI/ML Still Worth It Nowadays?

A perspective on whether learning AI/ML is still worth it in the age of coding agents. The core argument is that while writing code is increasingly commoditized by AI tools, deep understanding of fundamentals — math, statistics, model architectures, and first-principles reasoning — becomes more valuable, not less. Shallow AI/ML skills are already obsolete, but expert-level knowledge that lets you architect systems, evaluate agent output, and reason independently remains rare and highly valuable.