What Molly Graham thinks about robotics

@molly-graham · 20 positions · 0 changes of mind

Co-founder of Glue Club and The Guild, and host of TED's WorkLife podcast; writes the Lessons newsletter, and led operations at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Quip and Lambda School after five years at Facebook.

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1. 27 Sept 2026

   Our readingDelegating work to AI is not the same as giving it to a human, because the oversight cannot be handed off.

   Their wordsone of my biggest realizations was that delegating something to a robot is not the same as giving it to a human because you cannot get rid of the oversight, right?

   ↗Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transitionyoutube.com 12th of 20 in this recording

3. 27 Sept 2026

   Our readingSome work probably should not be given away to AI but kept by humans.

   Their wordsLike I think there are some Legos that shouldn't be given away. um that the robots like both like don't deserve and like that we should hold on to.

   ↗Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transitionyoutube.com 16th of 20 in this recording

5. 27 Sept 2026

   Our readingWork that depends on trust and relationships probably should not be outsourced to AI.

   Their wordsAnd I think things that require trust like that are you know fundamental to relationships like we should not be outsourcing these things to robots

   ↗Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transitionyoutube.com 17th of 20 in this recording

7. 27 Sept 2026

   Our readingPeople should not outsource what they are individually best at to AI, which is effectively a summer intern.

   Their wordsYou individually are phenomenal at a set of things. Like do not outsource that. Like you can enable it, you can amplify it to use your data, but don't outsource it to these weird robots that you know are effectively summer interns.

   ↗Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transitionyoutube.com 18th of 20 in this recording