How AI Agents Reshape Knowledge Work: Autonomy, Efficiency, and Scope (working paper)

What it is

The underlying working paper by Jeremy Yang and co-authors, using Perplexity data to model tasks as discrete steps and compare fixed vs. marginal costs of chatbots versus autonomous agents.

Why I recommend it

If the HBS summary hooks you, go to the source. Skim the task-cost framework and use it to audit your own week: which tasks are high-step and repeatable? Those are the ones to hand to an agent first.

Topics

#ai #ai ethics #ai-agents #arxiv #automation #free #future-of-work #labor-economics #perplexity #research #research-paper #task-automation #tech-ethics #technology

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