Kai-Fu Lee tells Columbia Business School top AI agents now do a workday in one coffee break
kaifulee · x · 2026-11-10
Kai-Fu Lee spoke at Columbia Business School about the AI revolution and his "Boss AI" concept, promoting his new book AI Native. Key points from the slides:
- Why companies fail at AI transformation; it must be a CEO mandate
- Measure AI by business outcomes, not activity
- AI agents become the new unit of productivity; redesign work rather than just automating processes
- Turn employees into AI-native "DRIs" and flatten orgs
- Human judgment is the leadership edge
The book argues top agents went from completing 6 minutes of expert work two years ago to finishing an entire white-collar workday in less than a coffee break at a fraction of the cost—posing the question of what happens when human thinking becomes practically free.
Related event: Kai-Fu Lee Preaches AI Native Transformation at Columbia Business School(2 posts)→
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