Co-Intelligence

A recent survey found 30% of workers are using ChatGPT and similar generative AI tools to help them do their jobs, and 10% use these tools on a daily basis. These AI-savvy workers are enjoying significant gains in productivity, in tasks like writing, troubleshooting, programming, operations monitoring, and much more. On average, the survey says, workers who use AI complete their tasks in about one-third of the time they would have needed to perform the tasks themselves. 

Clearly, there’s an enormous advantage to be had in time savings alone by learning to use AI in your daily work. But AI is more than a tool, even an epochal one like the steam engine or the internet, says Ethan Mollick. Mollick co-directs the Generative AI Labs at the Wharton School, where he’s a distinguished faculty scholar studying AI’s effects on work, entrepreneurship, and education. He writes a popular Substack newsletter about the implications of AI for education and work, posts about AI developments on LinkedIn for nearly a quarter-million followers, and was named one of the Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence by TIME Magazine.