Bad AI: No Humans Need Apply

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😱 Bad AI: No Humans Please

💭 Future Business: Economics of AI

🔥 Elite Support: AI Training

✨ AI Made Simple: Perplexity Deep Research

💡 Trends & insights

BAD AI: No Humans Need Apply

A job ad for a developer went viral recently, due to its core requirement: The role was for "AI agents only" No humans need apply, ta.

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Eh? This can't be right. It was. The job was for a $10-15k AI researcher-developer position. The successful 'candidate' would autonomously research AI models and build sample apps.

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Christ on a bike, are we cooked then? Not just yet. The startup actually hoped to hire the human who could build the best AI agent - rolling that modest AI salary into a proper human compensation package. But still.

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So my job will be safe then? For enquiries, please talk to my agent.

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AI IN BUSINESS: Economics Of AI

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Anthropic (creator of frontier LLM Claude) has released an AI economic indexbased on over 4 million anonymised conversations with users.

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The report says AI is supporting human work and isn’t replacing jobs en masse, yet. But it is changing how work gets done, who does it, and at what cost. We’re in an AI augmentation phase, where it’s accelerating workflows and processes.

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Key Points:

• AI is accelerating, not replacing, yet → 57% of AI use is augmentative, meaning it helps humans work faster rather than replacing them. But that’s a temporary state - (will efficiency gains eventually lead to fewer jobs?).
• Adoption is uneven → AI is being used heavily in high-wage, knowledge-based industries with most interactions happening in code, marketing, design, and software.
• Displacement will scale, just not overnight → Right now, only 4% of roles see AI doing 75%+ of the work, but projections suggest this will increase 5x in the next decade. Expect entire business functions to shrink or shift towards AI-heavy roles - or automation.
• The AI literacy gap is a business risk → It’s not just individuals who will be left behind; companies that fail to integrate AI effectively risk inefficiency, slower workflows, and higher costs compared to AI-native competitors.

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What This Means:

The narrative that AI is purely a tool for efficiency is misleading. While it’s streamlining work, it’s also creating a two-tier workforce - those who adapt and those who get left behind.

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AI is inevitable, but poor implementation, over-reliance, or blind adoption are just as risky as ignoring it altogether. The smartest businesses aren’t just ‘using AI’ - they’re defining where it fits, where it doesn’t, and how to stay in control.

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AI MADE SIMPLE: Perplexity Deep Research

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AI search engine Perplexity has entered the research assistant space, giving us another option for creating more advanced insight. This follows similar launches from Google and OpenAI (they're all calling their tool 'Deep Research' which is not confusing at all).

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Key Developments:

• Speed vs Depth Trade-off → Perplexity completes most research tasks in under 3 minutes, significantly faster than OpenAI's 5-30 minute window, but with potential trade-offs in analytical depth.
• Accessibility Priority → OpenAI charges $200 monthly for their research tool, Perplexity offers freemium with daily limits.
• Performance Metrics → On the popular 'Humanity's Last Exam' metric, Perplexity scored 21.1%, outperforming Gemini (6.2%) and Grok-2 (3.8%), though trailing OpenAI's 26.6%.
• Integration → Each platform offers distinct advantages: Perplexity for speed, OpenAI for depth, and Google for ecosystem integration.

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What This Means: The emergence of deep research tools signals a broader shift in how knowledge work gets done. While these platforms promise enhanced research capabilities, there are potential drawbacks - from over-reliance on easily accessible sources to the risk of diminishing original thinking.

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The real challenge isn't just about choosing a platform - it's about understanding where AI research fits into your workflow without compromising the human elements that drive genuine innovation.

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​Talk to us about using these tools in your organisational workflow.

WHATS NEW - Insights & Trends

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> Elon's Grok 3 is here

> Older AI's show cognitive decline

> NYT goes AI (while suing OpenAI)

> Humane Pin is no more​

> AI and journalism perception​

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