Remote Labor Index jumps from 3.8% to 41.3% in a year, doubling every ~3.3 months
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-11-12
- The Remote Labor Index (tracked against real freelance projects, not lab benchmarks) shows fully automatable remote work rising from 3.8% a year ago (Opus 4.5, Nov 2025) to 41.3% now (Fable 5.2, Nov 9, 2026).
- Intermediate milestones: GPT-5.5 (Apr 2026) at 6.3%, Fable 5 (Jun 2026) at 15.8%, GPT-6 Astra (Sep 2026) at 20.8%.
- Pace: roughly 2x every 3.3 months over the past year — a year ago AI could do 1 in 40 real freelance jobs, now 2 in 5.
- Because it measures actual client work, it's harder to dismiss as lab-only progress, with direct implications for employment-impact debates.
Related event: AI Fully Automates 41.3% of Remote Work in a Year(4 posts)→
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