Pyrrhic Comedy
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Pyrrhic Comedy
We know from research that when people learn they are receiving AI-created content, they judge it differently than if they assume it comes from a human.
Ethan Mollick • Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Most problems are people problems, not technology problems. I don’t believe we are about to surrender to a robotic new dawn, where an AI will replace McKinsey or your therapist. Why? Because a company doesn’t hire McKinsey because they are better than the AI. They hire McKinsey because if something goes wrong, nobody will blame you for hiring McKin... See more
This narrow view of productivity—favoring what can be seen, tracked, or timed—helps explain our conflicted relationship with AI. Yes, impact matters, and it would be overly simplistic to claim organizations don’t reward outcomes. But in many contexts, especially where results are hard to measure, visible effort still carries disproportionate weight... See more