Wharton professor: 4 scenarios for AI's future | Ethan Mollick for Big Think+
Big Think. A tight 8-minute version of Mollick's "four scenarios" model — static, linear, exponential, AGI — and why teams should plan against scenario two or three rather than betting everything on either extreme. Useful when you're trying to get a leadership team to agree on what they're actually preparing for before you write the playbook.
What you should get from this
Use multiple AI future scenarios to plan adoption without betting the company on one forecast.
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