One Useful Thing
Ethan Mollick · 10 korrents · 4 pieces · oneusefulthing.org
The Overhang3 korrents · 18 Sept 2026 · no page here yet
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- The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood.
- Competing with AI in producing outputs is a losing game; human advantages should be used to work with AI on things neither could do alone.
- Change from already-capable AI is inevitable no matter how the frontier is paced, though it will be uneven and not all at once.
Agency and Agents3 korrents · 31 Aug 2026 · no page here yet
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- Human initiative to push, experiment, and act without waiting for instructions seems increasingly important for getting value from AI.
- AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
- Research by the author and colleagues found that AI models generate more commercially viable ideas than groups of humans, but those ideas are very similar.