Ethan Mollick: control beats magic as the default for personal AI assistants
emollick · x · 2026-10-31
Ethan Mollick argues that magic shouldn't always be the default mode of an AI system — for a personal assistant, giving users control is often the better design choice. A measured counterpoint to the industry's push toward fully autonomous, proactive agents.
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