Professor Hale analyzes Jeremy Howard's insights from his PytorchCon interview with Anna Tong, framing Howard's early advocacy for PyTorch and ULMFiT as a visionary challenge to established norms, reminiscent of ancient intellectual shifts. The article delves into Howard's strong stance against an over-reliance on AI agents, emphasizing the critical importance of humans maintaining agency and cultivating skills through AI-augmented learning, rather than outsourcing core competencies. Hale draws parallels to historical debates on technology's impact on human craft and intelligence, referencing thinkers like George Pólya and Eric Ries. The piece also explores Howard's evolved advocacy for open-source AI as a safeguard against centralized power, connecting it to Enlightenment principles and the historical distribution of transformative technologies. The article concludes with Howard's optimistic vision for AI as a tool for human empowerment, ensuring that the development of technology supports, rather than replaces, human potential and mastery.