Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing.
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- Two types of AI users are emerging: power users who adopt advanced AI tools like Claude Code and MCPs, often non-technical, and casual users who only chat with ChatGPT or similar, including many professionals.
- Microsoft Copilot is criticized as a poor AI tool with significant limitations, such as slow performance and restricted code execution, yet it dominates enterprise due to bundling with Office 365.
- Enterprise IT policies create barriers to advanced AI adoption through locked-down environments, lack of internal APIs, and siloed engineering departments.
- Smaller companies without legacy baggage are far more productive with AI, leveraging tools like Claude Code to transform workflows, e.g., converting complex Excel models to Python.
- The future of work involves organic employee-driven AI adoption, API-first internal systems, secure sandboxed agents for reporting, and a growing competitive advantage for smaller, agile firms over large enterprises.