Thinking About AI, with AI

What happens when companies can grow without hiring as many people? And what happens when the tools driving that change become available to the people trying to understand it?I have followed Dror Poleg for his writing on technology, work and the economy. For Factory Life, Hugo and I invited him to share both his view of what is changing and the AI tools he has built to support his research.Dror showed us a personal system that collects information, helps him find patterns and keeps track of his own predictions. He also talked about the choices he makes about what to delegate and what to keep for himself.Growth Without HiringDror began with a striking change in the relationship between revenue and headcount at large software companies. His “Unhired Index” compares the number of people nine companies employ with the number their earlier relationship between revenue and employment would have predicted.His estimate suggests a substantial gap. That is an interesting signal, though it does…

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