How Quickly Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
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The thing about covering AI over the past few years is that we're typically talking about the future. Every new model, impressive as it was, seemed like proof of concept for the models it would be coming soon. The models that could actually do useful work on their own reliably, the models that would actually make jobs obsolete. or new things possible. What would those models mean for labor markets, for our kids, for our politics, for our world?
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