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Thomas H. Davenport

Thomas Hayes "Tom" Davenport, Jr. is an American academic and author specializing in business analytics, business process innovation, knowledge management,… more

Thomas H. Davenport

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Business 68%

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What Would Henry David Thoreau Think About AI?

Life in the woods vs. life on the screen Thanks for reading Tom’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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Is There an AI Bubble, and Should We Care?

Yes to the first question, and no in the long term to the second Yes to the first question, and no in the long term to the second

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I’m Already Bored with GPT-5—Are You?

AGI it's not... AGI it's not...

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What Are the CEO AI Job Doomers Thinking?

Laying off workers to bring down the economy Thanks for reading Tom’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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Appreciating AI in Healthcare

Today is AI Appreciation Day. 2-4-6-8 what do we appreciate? Today is AI Appreciation Day. 2-4-6-8 what do we appreciate?

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The Roles of Humans in an Agent-Driven World

And do we want these jobs? And do we want these jobs?

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What We Talk About When We Talk About AI Job Loss

Worried about AI job loss? Me too. Can we start planning for it? Thanks for reading Tom’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.

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Generative AI and the Attention Economy

There's no attention free lunch Almost 25 years ago, I published a book (co-authored with John Beck) called The Attention Economy (see cool cover above). The book—the first on the topic, I’m pretty sure—argued that there was too much information and not enough human attention to digest it all. Although it was one of my favorite books to write, it didn’t sell very well. Ironically, it …

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We’re Screwed If We Don’t Stay in the Agentic AI Loop

Will humans flourish with the technology or sleep and play video games? The tech world is aflame with discussion of AI agents and agentic AI (which I think are basically the same thing, but this article begs to differ). If you have somehow managed to escape this onslaught of agent-focused verbiage, some of which is justified and some is clearly hype, here’s a quick definition. AI agents are AI programs that can not only inf…

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