Choosing to stay human. The last six months in LLMs in five minutes. The illusion of alignment.

One “must” for this week: Choosing to stay human

Ethan Mollick talks about the risk of the “cognitive surrender” and how people stop thinking about problems and just let the AI do the work (even when the AI is wrong).

And I also see some things that I’d love to surrender (like doing my grocery, more on that soon 😉) and some that would not, like exploring and learning.

Personal development

• Choosing to stay human

• 10 tips for becoming a better public speaker

• EQ is not just about what you say. It’s your body language too.

• How to start a difficult conversation at work

• The cost of easy answers

• What if our ancestors didn’t feel anything like we do?

• Why I don’t write every day

• Worrying is self-fulfilling; what to do instead

Innovation

• The last six months in LLMs in five minutes

• Agentic coding is a trap

• How the GIF was invented by a software engineer

• New approach to scaling laws could change how AI models are trained

• Researchers worldwide compete to shape the future of AI in organizations

• The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work

• The old world of tech is dying and the new cannot be born

• Why I’m skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling

Leadership and management

• The illusion of alignment

• Guide yourself by the stars and not the passing ships

• The false alignment trap

• The mistake of conflating intelligence and power

• The psych safety knowledge map

• What the president of ford can teach us

• Why are we actually here?

• Why leaders should let minor mistakes slide

One book

“Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great” by Eric Ries.