After the e-commerce juggernaut Shopify, the creator marketplace Fiverr, and the language-learning platform Duolingo’s respective doctrines from their founders enforced the use of AI across their workforce, tech granddaddy Microsoft is joining the fray:
“AI is no longer optional," Developer Division President Julia Liuson told managers. […] "AI is now a fundamental part of how we work," Liuson wrote. "Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional — it's core to every role and every level.”
Aside from an overall question of how helpful AI truly is for certain tasks (depending on the day, you will see reports claiming massive productivity gains to none at all), it is a good idea to have everyone learn the ropes when it comes to AI. As Wharton professor Ethan Mollick pointed out, AI has a “jagged frontier” – its use is not necessarily intuitive, nor are the results always even; and the best way to learn what this jagged frontier looks like is to experience it.
