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  Aaron Levie is AI-pilled, but he’s one of the few CEOs who sees a future where
  AI agents work for us, instead of replacing us—helping us to do more than we
  could before. Aaron’s been the CEO of Box for 20 years–long enough to see a
  few tech revolutions up close—and taking the company AI-first gave him a
  glimpse of what the next one means for us. We get into why jobs aren’t going
  away, the new shape of work, and what it takes to build an AI-first company
  from the inside. If you found this episode interesting, please like,
  subscribe, comment, and share. Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our
  ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here:
  https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only
  for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from
  Dan Shipper: - Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe - Follow him on
  X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Meet NotebookLM, the AI research tool and
  thinking partner that can analyze your sources, turn complexity into clarity
  and transform your content: https://notebooklm.google.com/ Timestamps:
  00:00:00 - Start 00:01:30 – Introduction 00:02:36 – Why AI won’t take your job
  00:06:42 – Jevons Paradox and the future of work 00:10:40 – How Aaron’s
  experience with the cloud era shapes his view of AI 00:19:44 – Why every
  knowledge worker is becoming a manager of AI agents 00:25:21 – What Aaron’s
  learned from bringing AI into every corner of Box 00:33:57 – What’s overhyped
  in AI today 00:43:31 – How Aaron balances everyday execution with innovation
  Links to resources mentioned in the episode: - Aaron Levie:
  https://x.com/levie - Box: https://www.box.com/ - Dan’s essay on the shift
  toward the allocation economy: "The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the
  Allocation Economy"
  https://every.to/chain-of-thought/the-knowledge-economy-is-over-welcome-to-the-allocation-economy
  - Dwarkesh’s podcast with Richard Sutton:
  https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-sutton
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# Box CEO Aaron Levie on Why AI Agents Won’t Take Your Job

Aaron Levie is AI-pilled, but he’s one of the few CEOs who sees a future where AI agents work for us, instead of replacing us—helping us to do more than we could before. Aaron’s been the CEO of Box for 20 years–long enough to see a few tech revolutions up close—and taking the company AI-first gave him a glimpse of what the next one means for us. We get into why jobs aren’t going away, the new shape of work, and what it takes to build an AI-first company from the inside. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: - Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe - Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Meet NotebookLM, the AI research tool and thinking partner that can analyze your sources, turn complexity into clarity and transform your content: https://notebooklm.google.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:30 – Introduction 00:02:36 – Why AI won’t take your job 00:06:42 – Jevons Paradox and the future of work 00:10:40 – How Aaron’s experience with the cloud era shapes his view of AI 00:19:44 – Why every knowledge worker is becoming a manager of AI agents 00:25:21 – What Aaron’s learned from bringing AI into every corner of Box 00:33:57 – What’s overhyped in AI today 00:43:31 – How Aaron balances everyday execution with innovation Links to resources mentioned in the episode: - Aaron Levie: https://x.com/levie - Box: https://www.box.com/ - Dan’s essay on the shift toward the allocation economy: "The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy" https://every.to/chain-of-thought/the-knowledge-economy-is-over-welcome-to-the-allocation-economy - Dwarkesh’s podcast with Richard Sutton: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-sutton

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