Future of Work

In nature, simple rules give rise to complex behavior. A single ant follows pheromone trails, but an ant colony collectively optimizes food-gathering strategies, adjusts to environmental changes, and builds intricate structures—none of which any individual ant understands. Intelligence emerges not from a single unit, but from the interactions... See more

AI being smarter than a human is impossible because there are a bunch of ways to be intelligent and no particularly special way to be generally intelligent, i.e., it’s not a scale.

human workers will need to focus on skills that complement AI, such as critical thinking, communication, and creativity, which are harder to automate.

AI can act as a force multiplier for human creativity, handling the mechanical aspects of work that have historically consumed our time and energy. When AI handles the drudgery, we're free to focus on the meaningful parts of work that deserve our attention.

Reflection, curation, context-setting, deciding what not to do—these are some of the most valuable forms of labor in an AI-assisted world. But they’re often invisible because they don’t “look” like work.

AI offers us a chance to fundamentally rethink why we work and how we measure its value.

A writer might use AI to structure a draft—but the real work lies in shaping the argument, refining the tone, and deciding what’s worth saying. The labor hasn’t disappeared. It’s just moved somewhere less visible.