AI better, faster and cheaper at any screen-based job "by next year"
“For any job that you can do on the other side of a screen, an AI will probably be able to do it better, faster, and cheaper by next year.”
Context: Emad Mostaque on The Open Economy Podcast (Fabric Ventures; video published 23 Jun 2025). Wording from the official video's auto-captions. "Next year" is 2026.
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Our interpretation: correct if by 31 Dec 2026 AI can do essentially any remote (screen-based) job better, faster and more cheaply than the humans doing it.
Resolution criteria are our interpretation of the claim, written before grading. Methodology
- Said
- Resolve by
- Due in 81 days
- Verdict
- Open
- Stated probability
- None stated
- Specificity
- 2 of 3 (dated, some interpretation)
- What changes for
- Everyone
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