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Founder Questions Superhuman AI Agents Arriving Before Mass Job Automation

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@ben_j_todd How are you defining an autonomous superhuman agent if you're claiming that such agents wouldn't be able to do most jobs? I find this prediction somewhat meaningless.

12:00 AM · May 16, 2026 View on X

@ben_j_todd How are you defining an autonomous superhuman agent if you're claiming that such agents wouldn't be able to do most jobs?

I find this prediction somewhat meaningless.

Benjamin ToddBenjamin Todd@ben_j_todd

Something the discourse about AI-driven unemployment often misses: We'll have autonomous superhuman AI agents years before the automation of most jobs. And at that point, we'll have much bigger problems.

4:14 PM · May 15, 2026 · 2.3K Views
7:00 AM · May 16, 2026 · 5 Views

@ben_j_todd How are you defining autonomous superhuman agents if you're claiming that such agents wouldn't be able to do most jobs?

I find this prediction somewhat meaningless.

Benjamin ToddBenjamin Todd@ben_j_todd

Something the discourse about AI-driven unemployment often misses: We'll have autonomous superhuman AI agents years before the automation of most jobs. And at that point, we'll have much bigger problems.

4:14 PM · May 15, 2026 · 2.3K Views
7:05 AM · May 16, 2026 · 7 Views
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