@garrytan: To get macro productivity gains, managers and CEOs have to greenlight radically different staffing and workflow plans T…
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Garry Tan argues that achieving macro productivity gains from AI will require CEOs and managers to adopt radically different staffing and workflow plans, and that this transformation may take a decade rather than two years.
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To get macro productivity gains, managers and CEOs have to greenlight radically different staffing and workflow plans
To date I don’t think they’ve done it
Be prepared for this to take 10 years not 2
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