AI will do a small business's taxes end to end as well as a competent manager by 2028 (50/50 bet).
Dwarkesh Patel, Dwarkesh Podcast
here are the timelines where I'd take a 50/50 bet: AI can do taxes end-to-end for my small business as well as a competent general manager could in a week
- Who
- Dwarkesh Patel, Host, Dwarkesh Podcast
- Made
- June 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2028 in 2 years (stated as "2028 (50/50)")
- Status
- Openin 2 years
- Source
- Why I don't think AGI is right around the corner (Dwarkesh Patel) Primary: their own words
- Topics
- Agents
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