From AI Assistance to AI Delegation:Evidence from ChatGPT and Codex
CBS alumni are invited to join David Holtz, Assistant Professor in the Decision, Risk, and Operations Division at Columbia Business School, for a virtual discussion exploring how generative AI is transforming the way we work.
Date: Wednesday, December 9
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Time: 12:00 PM ET
Generative AI has the potential to fundamentally transform how work is performed and organized, but realizing this potential requires more than improvements in model capabilities: it requires widespread adoption and changes in how workers and organizations approach their tasks. In this talk, Holtz draws on two recent studies using large-scale administrative data from ChatGPT and Codex to examine the diffusion of AI and the emerging shift from AI assistance to AI delegation.
The first study documents how generative AI is being adopted and used within organizations, revealing substantial heterogeneity across firms, workers, and tasks. The second examines the rapid adoption of agentic AI, showing how users are increasingly delegating complex, long-running tasks to AI agents and beginning to coordinate multiple agents working in parallel.
Together, these findings provide an empirical picture of how AI is being integrated into knowledge work and raise important questions about how organizations, workflows, and the division of labor between humans and AI will evolve.
Registration: Please register here to attend.
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