WorkThe story, in brief
The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients
Everyone is focused on AI capabilities. Nobody is talking about AI's jagged performance profile.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Understanding AI's uneven strengths across tasks is critical for strategic deployment decisions. Leaders need to map AI jaggedness to avoid expensive failures in production.
The key facts
4 to knowAI performance varies dramatically across task types
Bottlenecks occur in specific workflow points
Salient features drive disproportionate AI effectiveness
Nano Banana Pro represents new capability threshold
Go to the source
One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick)oneusefulthing.org
Publisher excerpt: And why Nano Banana Pro is such a big deal