Claude Code and What Comes Next - by Ethan Mollick

With the right tools, AI can accomplish impressive things

Claude Code and What Comes Next With the right tools, AI can accomplish impressive things Ethan Mollick Jan 07, 2026 1,415 131 130 Share I opened Claude Code and gave it the command: “ Develop a web-based or software-based startup idea that will make me $1000 a month where you do all the work by generating the idea and implementing it. i shouldn’t have to do anything at all except run some program you give me once. it shouldn’t require any coding knowledge on my part, so make sure everything works well. ” The AI asked me three multiple choice questions and decided that I should be selling sets

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