90% of American working hours fall outside what AI benchmarks cover well, study estimates
robseamans · x · 2026-10-16
A new project mapping frontier AI benchmarks onto the US economy estimates that 90% of Americans' working hours are spent on tasks not well covered by existing benchmarks. The authors argue that preparing for a post-AGI economy requires predicting the future, yet current benchmarks make it hard to even measure the present.
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