Ethan Mollick's guide to AI in the agentic era — models, apps, and harnesses
Mollick’s latest framework for navigating AI: think in terms of Models (the brains — GPT-5.2, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro), Apps (the interfaces), and Harnesses (what gives the AI tools and the ability to act). The big shift: an AI doing things is fundamentally more useful than an AI saying things. OpenClaw gets a cameo as ‘a sign of where things are going.’ Practical guidance: if you’re already past chatbots, try Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or NotebookLM next. The shift from chatbot to agent is the most important change in AI since ChatGPT launched. Via One Useful Thing. Read more