The Intelligence from The Economist Trailer: Boss Class Season 3
Jan 24, 2026
AI is remaking the workplace and turning many of us into managers. The host experiments with cloning, personas and a range of AI tools. He explores real company use cases from customer service to AI-first businesses. He also digs into the emotional rollercoaster of testing bots and the skills that will matter in an AI-driven world.
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Host Tests His Own AI Clone
- Andrew Palmer recounts talking to his own AI clone as the opening experiment for the season.
- He describes a mix of delight, fear and embarrassment while trying many AI tools himself.
Try Many Tools, Verify Their Output
- Try a wide range of AI tools to find what actually helps managers and employees now.
- Resist the easy button and verify outputs because models can be wrong 20–30% of the time.
Emotional Rollercoaster Using AI
- Andrew shares emotional reactions from using AI: delight at capabilities and annoyance at personas.
- He admits moments of embarrassment when AI behaved unexpectedly or 'listened'.