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How leaders harness AI agents to amplify human insight – and avoid drowning in infinite output. AI is no longer a demo or a toy, it has crossed the threshold into real, economically valuable work. Ethan Mollick returns to UNLEASH to explore a new age of “real work,” where AI agents can research, design products, and execute multi-step tasks once reserved for human experts. Yet the defining question of our time isn’t what AI can do – it’s why we let it. In this keynote, Ethan unpacks the profound tension between human-centered work and infinite automation. The greatest threat ahead isn’t job loss, it’s purpose loss – a world where organizations drown in AI-generated noise instead of rising through human creativity, judgment, and meaning. The future of work will be shaped not by how fast AI can move, but by how wisely leaders choose to steer it. The next frontier isn’t productivity – it’s discernment.
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- AI as a collaborator in research, design, and execution
- The shift from automation demos to economically valuable work
- Risks of purpose loss in an age of infinite AI output
- How leaders can preserve human insight and creativity
- Steering AI with wisdom, not just speed
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