mapping our AI future
construct partially but directionally correct maps, instead of falling for the trap of certain answers.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • When Answers Get Cheap, Good Questions Are the New Scarcity
growing fragmentation also brought a new opportunity: coordination. The more fragmented the system and the more diverse the incentives of the players, the greater the value in aligning them to work together. Coordination, once a deadbeat managerial function, is now the most valuable function in the modern economy.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Reshuffle: Who wins when AI restacks the knowledge economy
Enter the synthesised strategist: the new apex predator in the strategic ecosystem. They're not just another breed of consultant or analyst. They're something entirely new – pattern-seekers and meaning-makers who combine the range of a polymath with the precision of deep expertise. They wield AI like a sixth sense while maintaining razor-sharp... See more
Zoe Scaman • The Synthesised Strategist
The synthesized strategist
Our humanity has intrinsic value, yes.
But only when it’s scarce and relevant does it have economic value.
Yes, all your other ‘human’ skills will continue to matter. But they will command economic value only when tightly bundled with curiosity, curation, and judgment
But only when it’s scarce and relevant does it have economic value.
Yes, all your other ‘human’ skills will continue to matter. But they will command economic value only when tightly bundled with curiosity, curation, and judgment
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
Contextual value is a measure of how crucial a task is to the performance or stability of a larger system. It’s not about whether a task is hard to do or emotionally meaningful; it’s about whether it is structurally indispensable to a system operating under certain constraints.
When constraints change, the contextual value of tasks in the system... See more
When constraints change, the contextual value of tasks in the system... See more
Sangeet Paul Choudary • The Fugu Guide to Jobs in a World of AI
Rather than reaching definitive conclusions about how AI will transform work, I find myself collecting observations about a moving target. What seems consistent is that, for now, the greatest value comes not from surrendering control entirely to AI or clinging to entirely human workflows, but from finding the right points of collaboration for each... See more
Ethan Mollick • Speaking Things Into Existence
The challenge becomes identifying what "minimum viable knowledge" is necessary to effectively collaborate with AI on various projects.
Ethan Mollick • Speaking Things Into Existence
The social aspects of products such as the relationships, the status, and exclusivity—what Rene Girard called the mimetic properties of desire—become much more relevant once people’s basic needs are satisfied. And the demand for these properties will bring the human element back into the production process, and with it, the jobs.