unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc

523. AI as a Colleague, Not a Replacement with Ethan Mollick

32 snips
Apr 3, 2025
Ethan Mollick, an associate professor at Wharton and author of "Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI," discusses the profound impact of AI on our professional lives. He emphasizes the importance of co-working with AI, demonstrating how access to tools like GPT-4 can significantly enhance productivity. Mollick also delves into the implications of anthropomorphizing AI and the potential risks of over-reliance, especially in critical sectors. The conversation highlights both the challenges and opportunities AI presents as we navigate our evolving relationship with technology.
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
ANECDOTE

BCG Study

  • Ethan Mollick and Kareem Lakhani conducted an RCT at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) studying GenAI's impact.
  • They gave 8% of BCG's global workforce realistic business tasks, first without AI, then with or without AI.
INSIGHT

AI Boosts Low Performers

  • AI elevates lower-performing consultants but doesn't significantly help top performers.
  • This suggests AI's current strength lies in bringing everyone up to a baseline level.
INSIGHT

LLM Training Costs

  • Training large language models (LLMs) is expensive, requiring significant compute resources.
  • The trade-off between large, general models and smaller, fine-tuned models remains unclear.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app