https://thehardthing.substack.com/p/hundreds-of-daily-decisions

Anna Marie Wagner and Christina Agapakis thank you for this! When I read Ted Chiang's article last September I thought it was really weak and disappointing as an argument for why AI can't make art (although I don't necessarily disagree with the conclusion, just reach it for different reasons): his description of the myriad decisions that lead to a piece of art as a unique trait of art is preposterous. That describes all of human life, every single day, where we make so many "small" decisions that can have momentous consequences. And as you so expertly analyze, how science is done. Super insightful.

Ethan, there might be a more fundamental issue, or perhaps a compounding factor: if every employee is using AI for personal productivity gain, can you say that's organizational AI?

Or do we need to see synergistic effects when employees use AI? That would imply reliable collaborative AI tools that really implement 1+1=3. I don't think there are many enterprise-grade AI tools that have collaboration or compounding effects built-in to create a more-than-additive effect. I would love to be proven wrong, please!