Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2026-10-28
Alex Kantrowitz & Ethan Mollick: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
This AI Expert Argues We're Underestimating AI's Productivity Impact — With Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School and author of Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI. Mollick joins Big Technology to discuss why AI's remarkable advances haven't yet translated into massive productivity gains across the economy.
Alex Kantrowitz recommended Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick. Ethan Mollick discussed Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Co-Existence
Co-Existence is a book by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick that examines the agentic era of artificial intelligence and the practical steps society must take to integrate AI into daily life, business, and organizations.
Recommended“We're joined today by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, the author of One Useful Thing on Substack and his great new book, Coexistence, which I highly recommend. And today we're going to talk all about how AI's improvements”
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Co-Intelligence
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick is a practical guide that explores how generative artificial intelligence is transforming productivity, education, and human collaboration in the modern era.
Discussed“My last book, Co-Intelligence, was really about the chatbot era, because that's as good as models were. This book is about the agentic era in a lot of ways, because that's where models are today.”
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