Prediction: AI Will Empty Office Buildings in 2-3 Years
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-08-07
The author presents a highly aggressive view, suggesting that the AI-driven revolution in white-collar work will arrive much faster than anticipated.
He argues that the computational power needed to handle the desk work currently requiring a skyscraper full of workers will soon shrink to a single server rack in a data center. Consequently, he predicts that traditional office buildings will be completely emptied within just 2 to 3 years.
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