Chapter 1. From Chatbots to AI Workers
In this section
- Chapter 1. From Chatbots to AI WorkersWhat changed behind the AI text box between 2023 and 2026, the ladder of interaction, where AI work runs and where its results are kept, and how to read a product announcement.
- 1.1 The ladder of interactionThe four rungs of the ladder of interaction, from search engines to AI Workers, and why each rung up needs more control.
- 1.2 The same text box, a different destinationWhy the same text box now leads either to an answer or to work, and what decides which one you get.
- 1.3 Where the work runsThe execution environment where AI work runs, and the three things that change because work has one.
- 1.4 Continuity, execution and persistenceWorker continuity, the execution environment and artifact persistence: three ideas a manager must keep apart.
- 1.5 How today's tools realize itHow Anthropic, OpenAI and open-source tools realize the change today, the differences that change a decision, and which tool to use for which job.
- 1.6 The paradigm and the productsHow to keep the lasting shift apart from today's products, with four questions to ask of any product announcement.
- Lab 1: a real job, checkedChapter 1's lab: fourteen tasks on Brightline's invoices, in two sittings. Write briefs, place jobs on the ladder, find where each result lives, and try the AI vendors' newer features.
- Check yourselfRecall and practice for the whole chapter: the flashcards, and a final quiz round from all six concepts.