Adjacency Pathway
An Adjacency Pathway is a 'fast-track' program that helps experienced professionals move into AI careers by building on what they already know, rather than starting from zero. Instead of spending years learning the basics, they spend a few months learning how to apply their existing expertise to AI tools.
A structured transition track for mid-career domain experts designed to accelerate their move into AI orchestration. By focusing on porting existing professional judgment into AI systems rather than rebuilding foundational technical knowledge, it reduces the time-to-competency from years to months.
The substrate-porting track for mid-career domain experts (9-18 months to Orchestrator), distinct from the Novice Pathway (3-5 years, building substrate from scratch). They already hold the substrate; they port it rather than rebuild it. (C4AIL, Whitepaper III §5.2.1.)