Agents will make AI as fundamental as electricity for knowledge work within 18 months.
Nathan Lambert, Interconnects · made Sep 9, 2026 · target Mar 2028 · Open
For knowledge work, which is roughly half of the U.S. economy, AI is as fundamental as electricity (or quickly will be so, with rapid improvements to agents in the next 18 months).
The prediction
- Who
- Nathan Lambert, Author, Interconnects
- Made
- Sep 9, 2026
- Target
- Mar 9, 2028 (stated as "in the next 18 months")
- Status
- Openin 17 months
- Source
- When will average people feel AI's impact? Primary: their own words · original recording
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