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How AI Agents Are Changing the Way We Work (HBS AI Institute)

Harvard Business School AI Institute breakdown of new research on agentic AI: how autonomy and context integration shift the cost structure of knowledge work, expanding both productivity and the scope of what workers take on.

Why I recommend it: Read this before you assume AI just speeds up your current tasks. The useful takeaway for job seekers: agents lower the cost per step, so the valuable human skills become specifying goals clearly and verifying output. Practice describing outcomes, not keystrokes, and put "agent workflow design" language in your resume bullets.