Charlene Li on Gen AI and wisdom hacking, AI workflow learning, AI top talent flows, and more

March 28, 2024

“Our intelligence is what makes us human, and AI is an extension of that quality. Artificial intelligence is extending what we can do with our abilities. In this way, it’s letting us become more human.” — Yann LeCun

The organizations that use AI to make their people more productive and effective will outperform those that use it is an opportunity to cut costs, and along with it talent. But we also need to help employees to learn continuously. That means embedding learning into everyday workflows. Read insights on these points below.

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📖In this issue

  • Value from AI framework

  • Why leaders need to amplify employees, not cut them

  • AI drives a world where learning is embedded in the flow of work

  • Global flows of AI top talent

  • Sora enables new dimensions of creativity from directors

  • Charlene Li on generative AI strategy, AI book editors, prompt libraries, and wisdom hacking

  • Policies to drive a positive Humans + AI future of work

 

 

🖼️ Framework

Value from AI

A framework to support strategic discussions by boards and executive teams about the role of AI in their strategy and success, spanning Capabilities, Applications, Competences, Strategy and Governance.

 

👩🤖Humans + AI update

Why leaders need to amplify employees, not cut them

Ethan Mollick in Forbes: “If you keep your productivity the exact same with less people, you're not going to win in a world where other people are getting productivity gains. You'll be out-competed.”

AI drives a world where learning is embedded in the flow of work

“We have recently experienced a progressive shift from learning as a standalone motion, to learning in the flow of work. Because of AI and its impact, we will likely see another subtle but world-changing move from learning in the flow of work to realizing that the flow of work is learning. “

Global flows of AI top talent

Research insights in tracking the globel movements of top AI talent include: China is now the source of 47% of the world's top AI talent; the US is still the preferred place for top AI talent to work; UK, Europe and South Korea are slightly improving as destinations for AI talent; more Chinese and Indian AI engineers are returning home after graduate studies than a few years ago.

 

🔥Hot news in AI

  • Claude-3 Opus has beaten GPT-4 in a leading benchmark - LMSys leaderboard

  • Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque is leaving to create “distributed AI” - Verge

  • Saudi Arabia is creating a $40 billion AI investment fund with Andressen Horowitz - CNBC

  • OpenAI gave access to video creation tool Sora to directors. The biggest buzz was from this short “Air head” - definitely worth watching!

 

🎙️Latest podcast episode

Charlene Li on generative AI strategy, AI book editors, prompt libraries, and wisdom hacking

What you will learn

  • Amplifying cognition through generative AI

  • The transformative role of AI in research and writing

  • Developing the AI-powered development editor

  • Customizing generative AI for personalized guidance

  • Generative AI in email communication and productivity enhancement

  • Crafting strategic business proposals with AI insights

  • The importance of sharing and learning AI prompt libraries within organizations

  • The strategic impact of generative AI on competitive advantage

  • Harnessing generative AI for customer experience and operational efficiency

  • Wisdom hacking: Enhancing decision-making and leadership 

 

💡Resources and insights

Policies to drive a positive Humans + AI future of work

A think tank report Navigating the Future of Work with brief articles from three of the most prominent academic researchers on the future of work - Erik Brynjolfsson, Adam Thierer, and Daron Acemoglu - explore the impact of AI on work, with clear policy and leadership advice on making AI complement human work in value creation.