Summary
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick joins Scott Galloway on The Prof G Pod to discuss how AI is changing education, entry-level work and research.
Galloway is skeptical that AI will make college obsolete, noting that applications and tuition keep rising. Mollick agrees that higher education is not collapsing, though essays are losing value as assignments because of AI cheating. They suggest AI tutoring could enable flipped classrooms with more experiential learning in class. A larger worry is the apprenticeship model: because managers now use Claude or ChatGPT instead of interns, since it “does the work and doesn’t cry”, junior employees may miss the chance to learn basic skills on the job.
Mollick also describes how AI has changed their own work as an academic. They use it for administrative tasks, code writing, and cross-checking papers with ChatGPT 5.2 Pro, which cuts research time significantly. The conversation turns to peer review, where AI-generated papers scramble the quality signals reviewers rely on and strain an already struggling system. It ends with healthcare and drug discovery as promising areas, with the caveat that more regulated industries adopt AI more slowly.
📺 Source: The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway · Published October 10, 2026
🏷️ Format: Interview
