SUMMARY
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Lee suggests that AI could lead companies to reconsider how they organize work.
- 1AnalogyLee compares AI with industrial change.
- 2ToolsHe describes tools for current workflows.
- 3OrganizationHe argues for reconsidering structure.
Takeaways
- Tools can speed existing work.
- Lee argues for broader redesign.
- His organizational claims are predictions.
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Speeding up work
Sequence Holdings CEO Michael Lee compares current AI developments to an industrial revolution.
Sequence Holdings CEO Michael Lee compares current AI developments to an industrial revolution.
He says many companies focus on giving individual workers tools that make existing tasks faster.
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Rethinking organization
Lee considers that useful but argues that organizations should also reconsider how work is structured.
Lee considers that useful but argues that organizations should also reconsider how work is structured.
He predicts that systems able to operate continuously and scale with computing resources could enable different organizational designs. This is his business perspective.
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