I think this is largely true. Theoretically it follows that mature industries would become this way more and more.
In my software engineering jobs there was always strong top down product direction. In my AI research jobs people are often staring at me blankly waiting for me to tell them what we can do.
A young industry the only people who really understand the potential of what the technology can do are the experts and practioners.
Overtime all the best ideas get picked off, and the general population who are non practitioners gain enough knowledge that they can understand what the technology can do better than the experts how can impliment it.
In my software engineering jobs there was always strong top down product direction. In my AI research jobs people are often staring at me blankly waiting for me to tell them what we can do.
A young industry the only people who really understand the potential of what the technology can do are the experts and practioners.
Overtime all the best ideas get picked off, and the general population who are non practitioners gain enough knowledge that they can understand what the technology can do better than the experts how can impliment it.