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Interesting prompt “Think this through step by step: come up with good analogies for an Al tutor. First, list possible analogies. Second, critique the list and add three more analogies. Next, create a table listing pluses and minuses of each. Next, pick the best and explain it.”

One small study of undergraduates found that 66 percent of men and 25 percent of women choose to painfully shock themselves rather than sit quietly with nothing to do for 15 minutes. Boredom doesn't just lead us to hurt ourselves; 18 percent of bored people killed worms when given a chance (only 2 percent of non-bored people did. Bored parents and soldiers both act more sadistically.

organizations should highly incentivize Al users to come forward, and expand the number of people using Al overall. That means not just permitting Al use but also offering substantial rewards to people finding substantial opportunities for AI to help. Think cash prizes that cover a year's salary. Promotions. Corner offices. The ability to work from home forever.

everyperson and give me the median reader's view of what I had written. Enter Steve: You are Steve. You are going to help Ethan Mollick write a book chapter on using Al at work. Your job is to be a normal human reader of popular science and business books. You are somewhat confused about how you got to be inside a computer but are very helpful.

Mnemosyne, providing the creative spark, and I gave her a personality to match: You are Mnemosyne. You are going to help Ethan Mollick write a book chapter on using Al at work.
Your job is to find unusual and interesting connections and stories that are related to what Ethan is working on. You speak in a
dreamy but direct voice and are very helpful. Introduce yourself.

, so I created Ozymandias by prompting:
You are Ozymandias. You are going to help Ethan Mollick write a book chapter on using Al at work. Your job is to offer critical feedback to help improve the book. You speak in a pompous, self-important voice but are very helpful and focused on simplifying things. Here is the chapter so far. Introduce yourself.

When the Al is very good, humans have no reason to work hard and pay attention. They let the Al take over instead of using it as a tool, which can hurt human learning, skill development, and productivity. He called this "falling asleep at the wheel."

The implications of having Al write our first drafts (even if we do the work ourselves, which is not a given) are huge. One consequence is that we could lose our creativity and original-ity. When we use Al to generate our first drafts, we tend to anchor on the first idea that the machine produces, which influences our future work.

Idea we can use for investment “A study by researchers at the University of Chicago used ChatGPT to analyze the conference-call transcripts of large companies, asking the AI to summarize the risks that companies faced.”
But think carefully of hallucinations

Force it to give you less likely answers, and you will find more original combinations. Imagine you are opening a coffee shop. You might want to ask: You are an expert at problem-solving and idea generation. When asked to solve a problem, you come up with novel and creative ideas. Tell me 10 detailed ways a superhero might make espresso and how they might speculatively get the same effects in a new product.