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10 episodes261: Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick
Mike and Corey discuss Mollick's AI book, covering his transparent use of AI in writing, the jagged edge concept, three work modes (centaur, cyborg, conjurer), four human advantages, and AI's effects on work, education, and society. The final chapters on superintelligence and the eschaton are described as unsettling. Corey rates it five stars as the most intelligent AI commentary he has encountered; Mike gives it four, finding the ending less satisfying.
You Can't Escape AI. Here's How to Live With It.
The Week: Paris under Curfew, Trump’s Gift to Putin, and a Looming Data Center Bubble
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick joined Scott Galloway to discuss his new book Coexistence, arguing that people broadly underestimate what current AI systems can already do. He cautions that business and investing circles are too focused on AI as an investment and not enough on the transformational opportunities that ubiquitous, low-cost intelligence creates beyond the AI companies themselves.
260: Situated by Angela Duckworth
Announced as the next Bookworm episode pick. One host praises Mollick as one of the most rational voices on AI, arguing that utopian and dystopian narratives share the same 'effective altruistic' roots and are therefore unreliable, while Mollick focuses on practical middle-ground possibilities. The host notes the book was not yet released at recording time.
Can We Coexist With AI? — with Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick, professor at the Wharton School, appears on the show to discuss his newly released book Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI. The conversation covers working alongside AI that is sometimes better than humans, the 'jagged frontier' concept, AI's transformative potential for education, challenges in valuing AI companies, and AI in personal relationships. Mollick argues most people are significantly underestimating what current AI systems can already do.
Radar – by nexxworks: 🦸 Never Normal Heroes – Ethan Mollick on Co-Existence, AI Swarms & the End of Apprenticeship
AI Is Smarter Than Ever. So Where’s the Revolution?
Derek Thompson interviews Ethan Mollick, author of Coexistence, about the paradoxes of AI. Topics include: AI amplifying established experts while automating the junior work that produces them; the O-ring model of jobs (one AI failure still demands a human); companies as 'garbage cans' resistant to AI-driven reorganisation; the risk of cognitive de-skilling through over-reliance on AI; and four human advantages—deep knowledge, wide knowledge, taste, and agency—that Mollick argues will grow more valuable as AI capabilities accelerate.
259: The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks
Announced as a future book to be read and discussed on the show. Described as Ethan Mollick's new book on the next phase of AI, with an October 20th release date. One host says they pre-ordered it months earlier and will read only Mollick's AI books among the many available.
How AI Is Changing Strategy: Rethinking What Your Business Is Designed to Do
Ethan Malik, associate professor at Wharton, is the guest and the book's author. Host Alison Beard introduces him as author of the forthcoming 'Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI' and, at closing, says she has 'learned a lot from your new book.' The surrounding conversation—covering competitive advantage in the AI era, organizational redesign, and which human capabilities matter most—reflects the book's stated themes.
The AI Skills Nobody is Teaching (And Everyone Needs) with AI Expert Ethan Mollick
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