S3 E1 Fat layer of humans

<p>How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future?</p><br /><p>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.</p><br /><p>Guests</p><p>Tom Blomfield, Partner at Y Combinator</p><p>Ethan Mollick, Professor at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania</p><p>Ludwig Siegele, AI Editorial Lead, The Economist</p><p>Ruth Berry, AI engineer, The Economist</p><br /><p>Topics</p><p>Generative AI at work</p><br /><p><br /></p><p>To listen to the full series, subscribe to <a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Economist Podcasts+</a>.</p><br /><p>If you’re already a subscriber to <em>The Economist</em>, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our <a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQs</a> page or watch our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video</a> explaining how to link your account.</p><br /><p>In this episode, Andrew asks Claude, a generative AI programme, to write his management column for him. You can find <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2025/08/21/the-last-days-of-brainstorming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrew’s column here</a> and <a href="https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/257d4f11-d2f2-4631-9562-9a0380c395fd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claude’s version here</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>