One Useful Thing

The Overhang

Using your deep knowledge, wide knowledge, taste, and agency

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August 2026

Agency and Agents

From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories

Aug 31 • Ethan Mollick

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July 2026

An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff

The Summer 2026 Edition

Jul 23 • Ethan Mollick

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June 2026

The twilight of the chatbots

How work changes along the exponential

Jun 30 • Ethan Mollick

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What it feels like to work with Mythos

Claude Fable represents another big jump in AI

Jun 9 • Ethan Mollick

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Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence

Also: how pitch a book to an AI!

Jun 4 • Ethan Mollick

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May 2026

Choosing to Stay Human

...means choosing when and how to use AI.

May 26 • Ethan Mollick

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April 2026

Sign of the future: GPT-5.5

One impressive step on the curve

Apr 23 • Ethan Mollick

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March 2026

Claude Dispatch and the Power of Interfaces

We often lack the tools for the job, even if the AI is capable enough

Mar 31 • Ethan Mollick

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The Shape of the Thing

Where we are right now, and what likely happens next

Mar 12 • Ethan Mollick

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February 2026

A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

It's not just chatbots anymore

Feb 18 • Ethan Mollick

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January 2026

Management as AI superpower

Thriving in a world of agentic AI

Jan 27 • Ethan Mollick

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