Associate professor of management at Wharton
Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick is a Wharton professor who studies AI's effects on work and education, co-directs its Generative AI Labs, and wrote Co-Intelligence.
About Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick is an associate professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research examines how artificial intelligence affects work, entrepreneurship, and education. He also co-directs the Generative AI Labs at Wharton, which conduct research and build prototypes.
He writes about practical uses of AI for a general audience and is the author of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. His teaching and research also explore educational simulations. He earned his PhD and MBA at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
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