Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social): Just thinking that Paul Simon wrote that we were living in the "days of miracle and wonder" because of the availability of long-distance calls and slow motion cameras.

Ethan Mollick discusses how AI is de-skilling humans in CAPTCHA solving and navigating customer service dark patterns.

DeepSeek 4.1 Flash performs comparably to frontier models at dramatically lower cost, making high-volume AI development affordable for builders.

Author argues that common 'doomer' vs 'optimist' AI labels are backwards and proposes a new taxonomy for AI risk perspectives.

MIT Technology Review argues that AI's refusal mechanisms are fundamentally unreliable because harmful capabilities remain intact while safety measures are probabilistic add-ons.

Author defends effective altruism against accusations of utilitarianism, arguing critics spread misinformation about the movement's philosophical foundations.