AI Sidequest

There's a brand new study from Gotham Ghostwriters and Josh Bernoff looking at how almost 1,500 writers and editors feel about AI and what they're actually using it for. It's fascinating information, and we have the very first look! Read the report at ...

There's a brand new study from Gotham Ghostwriters and Josh Bernoff looking at how almost 1,500 writers and editors feel about AI and what they're actually using it for. It's fascinating information, and we have the very first look!

Read the report at GothamGhostwriters.com/ai-writer/

Find Josh Bernoff at Bernoff.com

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A new study found dramatically different results from a previous similar study of how well AI can do real human work. Researchers from the Center for Internet Safety and ScaleAI got results in a study that, at first glance, seemed similar to the recent...

A new study found dramatically different results from a previous similar study of how well AI can do real human work. Researchers from the Center for Internet Safety and ScaleAI got results in a study that, at first glance, seemed similar to the recent OpenAI study that found AI could successfully complete 48% of real-world, economically valuable human work — but this time the researchers found AI could only do 2.5% of the work.

I was intrigued! What was the difference?

Read the blog post at AISidequest.com.

Host: Mignon Fogarty

Learn why AI is changing creative work in unexpected ways. Mignon Fogarty and Jane Friedman look at the delightful small uses of AI (like generating puns and learning Spanish through custom rock songs), then dive into the serious stuff:

Spotify's new anti-slop policy

The $1.5 billion Anthropic book settlement

Why your publisher might owe you money

The crucial difference between "YOLO" AI models and reasoning models that could transform your results

What 900+ professions reveal about society's moral boundaries around AI replacement

Resources Mentioned:

AI Sidequest Newsletter → https://aisidequest.com

Jane's Newsletters → https://JaneFriedman.com

Get Clean URL → https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/get-clean-url/mobpimjmmonkghndllikpdgpapkfckje

Tab Copy → https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-copy/micdllihgoppmejpecmkilggmaagfdmb

Mignon's Spanish Song on Suno → https://suno.com/s/mIoIvVr1DXRldhQU

Christopher Penn's LinkedIn Post → https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cspenn_ai-generativeai-genai-activity-7381662838051991553-phvo

Ethan Mollick's LinkedIn Post → https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick_an-issue-with-ai-is-that-it-is-almost-intuitive-activity-7382079797260156928-7Cx9

Anthropic Settlement Database → https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

"Moral Repugnance" Study → https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5560401