Because AI
is only half the answer
“AI [isn’t diminishing creativity], it enhances it. Strategic and creative thinking remain vital, but now we add data-driven insight and technology to execute faster and better.”
Sir Martin SorrellSir Martin Sorrell , D^3 Advisory Council Member and Executive Chairman, S4 Capital
Because AI
is a superpower
Who Benefits When Bots Get Better? New Research on Skill Inequality
Will artificial intelligence widen the gap between your best and worst performers, or will it be the great equalizer? A new paper, “Automation Experiments and Inequality,” from Kyle Myers, Principal Investigator at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) within the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), and Seth Benzell at Chapman University, […]
It Feels Like AI Understands, But Do We Care? New Research on Empathy
Picture this: you receive a well-crafted, deeply understanding message about a personal struggle you’ve shared. It acknowledges your emotions, offers thoughtful support, and demonstrates genuine care. Now imagine learning that response came from an AI chatbot, not another human. Would that change how you felt about the interaction? As AI technology grows more sophisticated, LLMs […]
State of the Market: An Industry Analysis of Tech-Enabled DEI Products
A recent white paper produced by the blackbox Lab at D^3 presents a state-of-the-market analysis of 182 companies offering tech-enabled DEI products, highlighting key patterns in company formation, leadership composition, market positioning, and companies’ rhetorical strategy. It offers an in-depth but broad view of how the tech industry is approaching search efforts for much-needed talent […]
Persuasion Bombing: Why Validating AI Gets Harder the More You Question It
Imagine you’ve asked ChatGPT to analyze financial data for a critical business decision. Something about its calculations seems off, so you push back, but instead of acknowledging limitations, the AI doubles down by presenting elaborate justifications with data points and reassuring language. At this point, has the AI won you over? This isn’t a hypothetical […]
Because AI
transforms productivity
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Nova School of Business & Economics
“In today’s world, AI gives everyone access to powerful insights fast, but trust remains the most powerful differentiator. Leaders still lean on human validation, not just analytics.”
John Winsor John Winsor , D^3 Executive Fellow
One More Thing… How AI Companions Keep You Online
You don’t just slam a laptop shut on a friend. You say goodbye. That small social ritual turns out to be a powerful behavioral cue for AI companions, and an opportunity to keep you engaged longer. The new working paper “Emotional Manipulation by AI Companions,” co-authored by Julian De Freitas, Assistant Professor of Business Administration […]
When Giants Stumble: What Multiplication Reveals about AI’s Capabilities
Despite its impressive capabilities in reasoning, planning, and content generation, GenAI still struggles with the kind of mathematics that grade school students are expected to learn and master. What influence do transformers, the core architecture behind Large Language Models (LLMs), have in this problem, and can it be solved? In the new paper “Why Can’t […]
Because AI
changes everything
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