For readers
See what work with AI looks like today
Across many different jobs, in people's own words, side by side.
Expert interviews
AI: What Has Changed?
We ask experts who inspire us, from all kinds of fields, how AI is changing their work, the way they think, and what they trust.
- 1Answer the questionsTen questions, about 20 minutes. Skip whatever you like.
- 2See the draft firstYour parts are highlighted. Nothing goes live without your OK.
- 3It goes liveEach article comes out once its experts are in.
- 4Read it togetherWe send you the article the day it's out.
Schedule
The AI at Work Schedule
Want a topic of your own? Pick one in Topics.
Open topics
Topics
For now we write about AI at work in general, across fields. We're planning themed articles too. If you're an expert in one of these areas and it's closer to what you do, join the topic. As soon as three people join, we prepare the questions and send them out.
Find your topic
Where do you fit?
What's next
Shift Lab
We're exploring different formats and still thinking them through, so nothing here has a date yet. Join the ones you'd come to, or suggest your own. The most-wanted goes first.
About Shift
A place to talk openly about AI.
Shift is where people from all kinds of jobs answer questions about how AI is changing their work and the way they think, so we can all learn from each other.
6experts in AI at Work, Part 1
9articles on the schedule
22topics waiting for three people each
How it started
Talking to people is a big part of how we build.
Before Shift, we ran private interviews as research for Mantle Chat. We loved them, and they were really valuable, but they stayed private. So we decided to try one public article. So many people joined in, and we enjoyed the first part so much, that we turned it into a project: Shift.
Now we write about the people who inspire us: people whose best practices we want to learn, who are shaping how work is changing right now, and who shape how we build Mantle Chat.
We believe taking time to reflect is an important part of the work. Behind every tool there are real, living people. And for us, AI is a tool for doing our own creative work.
Why this exists
We've wanted to build a space like this for a while.
We started Shift because we're curious how AI is changing people's everyday work, and we want to learn directly from the people living through it. A few people also came to us with this very idea, asking for a place like this. So we decided to make it happen.
The interviews bring together experts from different fields, share experiences others can learn from, and make room for reflection. Over time, we'd love to build a community where these conversations can continue.
Honestly, we love listening to people, and we like sharing our own story too. It's how we learn what work really looks like today, instead of guessing while we build. We're ready to give it real time.
Who it's for
Both Sides of the Conversation
For the people we interview
Share your experience, and be heard properly
Your words are handled with care, you see everything before it goes live, and you meet others who think about the same things.
What worries us
The Questions We Keep Coming Back To
Two of them are already articles on the schedule: fact-checking, and AI and the planet.
- How fast work is changing.Roles shift or disappear, and most of us are figuring it out as we go.
- The job market.Some roles are changing or fading and new ones are appearing. We want to understand where things are going and which skills help people most right now.
- What people really feel.People feel a lot about these changes, from excitement to real anxiety, and there aren't many places to talk about it openly.
- The planet.We're building an AI product ourselves, and honestly, we don't know enough yet about what AI costs the planet in energy and water. We want to follow the best practices as they become clear, and to share openly what we learn and what we change.
- Fact-checking.How do we know what's true when more and more of what we read is written or summarised by AI? How facts get checked today, and the best practices for checking them well, matter a lot to us.
- How we think.If AI does more of our thinking, what happens to our own skills? We want to learn the best practices for using it without losing the habit of thinking things through, and share them with others.
Who's behind it
Hi, we're Katja and Ilia.
Together we build Mantle Chat, a place where teams work with AI side by side, in shared channels. Katja is a designer, Ilia is a developer.
Shift and Mantle Chat are closely connected. Mantle Chat is our picture of how AI could work: a shared space where a team works together. So we're genuinely curious how other teams work, and Shift is where we ask. We invite people we find really interesting, and if some of them end up using Mantle Chat too, that would be wonderful.
We're also looking for co-hosts for the live calls and co-authors for the articles. If that sounds like you, drop us a line.
ConnectQuestions
FAQ
The short answers. For anything else, .
How much time does it take?
About 20 minutes for ten questions, in writing or on a call, whichever you prefer. Skip anything you don't feel like answering.
Will I see the text before it's published?
Whichever you prefer. We can send you the whole draft with your parts highlighted before it goes live, or just send you the link once the article is out.
When does a topic start?
Most articles are general parts of AI at Work, across fields. A themed topic starts once three people join: we prepare the questions, send them to everyone who joined, and put the article on the schedule. An article without a date comes out as soon as its experts are in.
How many people are in one part?
Three to six. Six is the most.
When will my part come out?
We fill each part in the order answers come in. A part has up to six people, so the first six to send their answers are in the next part, and everyone else is in the one after. The sooner you answer, the sooner you're published.
Can I stay anonymous?
Sure. We can describe your work in general terms and leave out your name, company and photo.
Who is behind this?
We are: Katja Danilina and Ilia Barchugov, the co-founders of Mantle Chat. There's more about us and why we do this on the About Us page.