Collaboration differs from automation in that when two experts disagree (answers A and B) and put their heads together, they may arrive at answer C—something neither originally considered—an emergent outcome that cannot happen when a machine simply tells you what to do; this makes collaborative design essential for tools that help people learn.

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David Autor

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the answer they come up with may not be the average of A or B, it may be C

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A Threat Bigger than China | MIT Economist David AutorReid Hoffman
Created: 6/18/2026, 2:32:24 PM

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