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Jan 2026
34m 40s

S3 E1 Fat layer of humans

The Economist
About this episode

How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future?


Andrew Palmer returns for a third season of Boss Class. This time it’s all about AI. In the first episode, he starts introducing AI into his daily work routines, and receives a nasty shock.


Guests

Tom Blomfield, Partner at Y Combinator

Ethan Mollick, Professor at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Ludwig Siegele, AI Editorial Lead, The Economist

Ruth Berry, AI engineer, The Economist


Topics

Generative AI at work



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In this episode, Andrew asks Claude, a generative AI programme, to write his management column for him. You can find Andrew’s column here and Claude’s version here.


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