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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

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Job displacement by AI

Job displacement by AI

Explore the impact of AI on job displacement, highlighting real stories of workers replaced by technology and the future of employment.

There’s never a news story when a copywriter is replaced by a human copywriter.

“The Washington Post reported this week on two copywriters who lost their livelihoods because employers (or clients) decided that ChatGPT could perform the job at a cheaper price.”—AI eliminated nearly 4,000 jobs in May, report says

Nobody takes you aside anymore

Print taught a generation when to stop. What we lose when the machines absorb the constraints that used to form us.

Your AI agents need a water cooler

Coordination is a property of the room, not the org chart. What that means when your coworkers are agents.

On the death of the author and the birth of the detector

Why worrying about AI authorship is lazier, and more prejudiced, than it looks.

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Memory is (almost) solved. time is next.

AI can't tell if a memory is two minutes or two weeks old. The fix isn't making models feel time — it's cache invalidation: an as-of stamp on every fact, a clock in the context, and a freshness window for anything volatile.

Rethinking AI impact on job market

Explore how AI's unpredictable evolution shapes the job market, challenging the notion of steering technology for worker protection.

The power of executive assistants

Unlock the potential of executive assistants to enhance school leadership effectiveness and drive impactful meetings forward.

Researchers extend GPT-4 prompting

Discover how researchers enhance GPT-4's capabilities with innovative prompting techniques, boosting productivity and unlocking new AI potential.