Ethan Mollick says firms split into AI-pilled and status-quo camps

Ethan Mollick says every firm adopting AI has two groups that both describe themselves as working on AI transformation.

In his account, one group treats AI as an existential threat or opportunity, while the other wants AI handled as an ordinary technology so that nothing has to change. The post, published on X on November 5, 2026, is the only report in this story, and it gives no company examples or data behind the claim.