Wharton Professor: Ai Is Killing The Internship

Ethan Mollick, Wharton professor and author of Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI, joins Scott Galloway to discuss how AI is changing work, education, and the skills we need to stay valuable.
He explains the four advantages worth developing and how to tell whether AI is helping you learn or doing your thinking for you. They also explore why AI could disrupt internships before universities, how personal agents could change the way we negotiate and spend, and why replacing workers may backfire for companies.
Plus, listener questions on young people’s AI backlash and using ChatGPT to navigate relationship disagreements.

Check out Ethan’s new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813026/co-existence-by-ethan-mollick/

Follow Ethan: https://x.com/emollick


Timestamps
00:00 - In This Episode
00:51 - How do you write about AI when it’s always evolving?
02:02 - How much has AI changed since 2024?
02:51 - Could local chips on our phones make the frontier labs obsolete?
04:12 - Will the market split between premium and open weight models?
05:39 - What are the key advantages humans still have over AI?
07:12 - Which jobs are actually vulnerable to AI?
09:07 - When is AI use healthy and when is it a crutch?
10:26 - How has the “jagged frontier” of AI changed?
11:36 - What will AI in the workplace actually look like in the future?
13:14 - Will AI create or destroy more jobs?
14:54 - Are AI companies responsible for what their models do?
17:45 - Have AI executives faced any real consequences for things going wrong?
19:42 - Ad Break
23:09 - What do Muse and Dots say about where AI is headed?
25:14 - Which industries will move to agent-to-agent negotiations?
28:27 - How are your students using AI?
30:03 - What will AI do to higher education?
31:39 - Is academic tenure under threat?
34:11 - What is your approach to letting your kids use AI?
38:11 - Ad Break
41:25 - Which AI is best for which tasks?
43:48 - Have you found any key unlocks with AI?
46:10 - Where do OpenAI and Anthropic currency stand?
48:37 - What’s your advice for navigating this next phase of AI?
51:04 - Is young people’s skepticism of AI justified?
53:17 - Is there a productive role for AI in a relationship?
54:37 - What happens when AI can program our attention?
57:18 - What makes you hopeful about AI?


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