David Patterson: Within a Year Most Will Believe SI Can Do All Jobs
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-11-11
Veteran computer scientist David Patterson makes an aggressive superintelligence (SI) prediction: within a year, most people will be convinced SI can do every job—it may already be capable. Once that point is reached, adoption will be instant with no integration lag: humanoid-embodied SI will simply show up, work better, faster and cheaper than humans, need no on-the-job training, and be supervised by other SIs. Knowledge work will be absorbed by SI instances taking over entire organizations; offices will empty, factories go dark, economic output soars, and "humans will finally be free."
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