Future-Focused Live Q&A: LinkedIn Talent Velocity, AI’s Oppenheimer Moment, AI’s 45-Minute Novel

Описание: Happy Friday! We’re wrapping up the week with a look at the widening gap between companies ready for the future and those falling behind, a cryptic warning from a top AI researcher, and a "novelist" who claims she can write a book in less time than it takes to watch a TV show.

This week’s topics and questions:
The LinkedIn "Talent Velocity" Report (Teaser)
• The report identifies a massive gap between "Velocity Leaders" and "Laggards." If 86% of companies are currently behind, are we about to see a "survival of the fastest"?
• "Talent Velocity" is defined as the ability to build or acquire skills in real-time. Is the era of "hiring for experience" officially over, replaced by "hiring for potential"?
• Leaders are winning on "Confidence" metrics (retention, profit, alignment). If you are in that 86% of laggards, is it panic time, or is there a specific first step to catch up?
Anthropic Researcher Quits with "Cryptic" Warning
• Mrinank Sharma (Head of Safeguards) quit, citing a world "in peril" and a need to align with his values. Is this

AI’s "Oppenheimer Moment"—where the builders suddenly realize the weight of what they’ve created?
• He mentions that "pressures to set aside what matters most" are constant. Does the economic race for AGI make ethical safety impossible?
• Sharma is leaving tech to "become invisible" and study poetry. If the people building the systems are fleeing to the humanities for meaning, what does that tell us about the future of work?

The "45-Minute Novel" Claim
• "Novelist" Coral Hart claims she generates books in 45 minutes to "win the race." But is art actually a race, or does looking at it that way destroy the point of creating?
• If you can churn out 200 books a year, you aren’t an author; you’re a content mill. Does this "slop" actually hurt the author’s brand more than it helps?
• A seasoned author could use AI to speed up their process, but at what point does "efficiency" kill the "voice"?

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