Mass Intelligence

Mollick explains how frontier capability that once needed a paid subscription and clever prompting is now free to over a billion people, which undermines assumptions built into institutions designed for scarce intelligence. You will understand why assuming your students lack access is no longer safe, and why assessment design has to move first.

Task

Teaching & course design

Time

10 min

Level

beginner

Cost

Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.

Tools

None in particular

Published

2025-08-28

Voice

Ethan Mollick — The fastest plain-English translation of frontier model capability into what it means for teaching, research, and the way universities work, written by someone who tests each release himself.