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AI enables creative people but audience backlash drives them away

Ethan Mollick
@emollick.bsky.social

Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick

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Ethan Mollick
@emollick.bsky.social

An irony of AI is that it can be a enabler of creative people who would otherwise be unable to create, either because it helps them overcome obstacles or as it allows new forms of expression But the backlash against AI among their audience means many creators avoid it, leaving AI to slop makers.

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