Prediction: AI to Discover New Science Daily, Enable Zero-Employee Firms Next Year
rand_longevity · x · 2026-08-18
David Patterson forecasts radical AI developments for next year: AI will discover new science and math daily while constantly improving itself. He predicts the emergence of businesses with zero human employees, the deployment of millions of humanoid robots and autonomous cars, and the ability to generate video games, movies, apps, and websites from a single prompt.
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