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Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick on the Urgency of Getting in Front of AI

Business leaders should be using the technology, and requiring their teams to do the same

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Ethan Mollick is a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at The Wharton School. In early 2023, he made headlines for mandating the use of AI in his curriculum. So far, he says, it’s been a success. He also writes One Useful Thing , a popular Substack that translates his academic research on AI and business into practical learnings. In this episode, Mollick shares his wealth of knowledge on how AI is empowering productivity and education, and what leaders can do to embrace AI at work.

Ethan Mollick is the final guest for season 4 of Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Mary Melton have conversations with economists, technologists, and researchers who explore the data and insights into why and how work is changing.

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