Mollick: coding shows AI transforming a profession in under a year, far faster than historical adoption
emollick · x · 2026-11-12
Ethan Mollick argues coding is the counterexample to slow AI diffusion: less than a year after real working coding agents arrived, the transformation of the profession is already well underway — faster than historical technology adoption rates in professions would suggest.
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