Eric Elliott: AI disruption won't stop at coding—sales agents already near human conversion rates
ericelliott_ · x · 2026-11-02
Eric Elliott pushes back against the "victim mindset" framing: AI directly wiped out 99% of his blog traffic, layoffs are running at 3x normal volume, and AI-generated applications are flooding job posts, burying qualified candidates. He argues the disruption won't stop at software engineering—AI sales agents already match human conversion rates in some settings and will become superhuman closers as they improve.
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