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Reskilling the Workforce for AI: Why Domain Experts Need Algorithmic Skills

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AI is no longer just the territory of engineers and data scientists. Increasingly, the most valuable use cases happen when business professionals – marketers, healthcare workers, financial analysts, and managers – use AI tools themselves. That’s the central message of new research by Prasanna “Sonny” Tambe, professor at Wharton and Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human-AI Research. His paper in Management Science, Reskilling the Workforce for AI: Domain Expertise and Algorithmic Literacy, shows that firms capture more value from AI when algorithmic expertise is distributed across domain experts rather than concentrated in IT departments.…Read More

How AI Shapes Creativity: Expanding Potential or Narrowing Possibilities?

On September 25, 2025, Wharton Human-AI Research (WHAIR) hosted an AI Horizons webinar exploring how AI impacts the quality and diversity of creative ideas. The discussion was led by Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human-AI Research, joined by Anil Doshi, Associate Professor, UCL School of Management, Oliver Hauser, Professor of Economics, University of Exeter, and Léonard Boussioux, Assistant Professor, University of Washington. Each of the speakers drew from recent research they conducted, and together their panel examined how AI influences innovation across industries, highlighting both opportunities and risks.…Read More

AI Horizons: Safety, Ethics, and Data Rights in the Age of AI

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In conversation with Lynn Wu, Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton school, Carnegie Mellon University professor and AI researcher Beibei Li explained how data, especially human-labeled data, drives AI progress, and why today’s data markets are both unfair and unsustainable. Here are the key lessons for business leaders.…Read More

Are We Building Sentient Machines? Anil Seth on Consciousness, AI, and the Illusion of Reality

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In this episode of Creative Intelligence, host Kartik Hosanagar is joined by Professor Anil Seth, neuroscientist and author of Being You, to explore one of the most profound and unsettling questions of the AI era: can machines ever become conscious, and would we know it if they did?…Read More

How GenAI Is Reshaping Business: Key Lessons from the 2025 Wharton Global Forum

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At the 2025 Wharton Global Forum in San Francisco, Professor Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human-AI Research and host of Creative Intelligence, moderated a powerhouse panel on “The Generative AI Ecosystem,” featuring leaders from Microsoft, GrowthCurve Capital, T. Rowe Price, Newfront, and HongShan Capital Group. Their discussion unpacked how generative AI is evolving beyond hype and into a transformational force for business. These six key takeaways reveal how organizations can prepare, adapt, and lead in this new era.…Read More

Agentic Coworkers? Shishir Mehrotra on Reimagining Work with AI

In this episode of Creative Intelligence, host Kartik Hosanagar sits down with Shishir Mehrotra – CEO of Grammarly, founder of Coda, and former head of product and engineering at YouTube – to explore what it really means to rethink a business around AI. Shishir shares his vision for AI agents, what the future of productivity tools will look like, and how leaders can move from defensive reactions to bold transformation.…Read More

The AI Awakening: Insights from the Business & Generative AI Conference

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At the 2024 Business & Generative AI Conference, hosted by Wharton Human-AI Research, Stanford’s Erik Brynjolfsson delivered a keynote that challenged business leaders to look beyond the headlines and toward the deeper economic transformations generative AI is already driving. “AI is the most general of all general-purpose technologies,” he said. “It’s changing what we can do, how we work, and who benefits.”…Read More

AI, Taste, and the Future of Creativity: David Droga on What’s Worth Saving

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In this episode of Creative Intelligence, Kartik Hosanagar sits down with advertising legend and Accenture Song CEO David Droga to explore how AI is reshaping creative work — from storytelling and advertising to the very role of agencies. The conversation offers an honest and provocative look at what’s changing, what’s worth preserving, and what makes human creativity irreplaceable.…Read More

AI Is Reshaping the Architecture of Work, But Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?

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In episode 4 of Creative Intelligence, host Kartik Hosanagar speaks with author and strategist Sangeet Paul Choudary (Platform Revolution, Reshuffle) to challenge a widely circulated idea: “AI won’t take your job, but someone using AI will.”…Read More

Reinventing Work in the Age of AI: How Teams, Skills, and Mindsets Must Transform

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In Episode 3 of Creative Intelligence, host Kartik Hosanagar is joined by Keith Ferrazzi (author of Never Lead Alone) and Gautam Tambay (CEO of Springboard) to explore what it really means to prepare the workforce for an AI-driven future. Their conversation spans leadership, skill development, team culture, and what’s required to truly redesign work — not just roles.…Read More