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Giving your AI a Job Interview
As AI advice becomes more important, we are going to need to get better at assessing it
Nov 12 • 
Ethan Mollick
An Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now
What AI to use in late 2025
Oct 19 • 
Ethan Mollick
Real AI Agents and Real Work
The race between human-centered work and infinite PowerPoints
Sep 29 • 
Ethan Mollick
On Working with Wizards
Verifying magic on the jagged frontier
Sep 11 • 
Ethan Mollick
Mass Intelligence
From GPT-5 to nano banana: everyone is getting access to powerful AI
Aug 28 • 
Ethan Mollick
GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff
Putting the AI in Charge
Aug 7 • 
Ethan Mollick
The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
Does process matter? We are about to find out.
Jul 28 • 
Ethan Mollick
Against "Brain Damage"
AI can help, or hurt, our thinking
Jul 7 • 
Ethan Mollick
One Useful Thing
One Useful Thing
Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick
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Resources
My book, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Generative AI Labs at Wharton
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