knowledge work
5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 4, 2019 by Sam Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about knowledge work, oldest first
Feb 4, 2019
AI productivity gains require reorganizing work around human leverage
“To my own horn, as I was trying to push years ago, and we still push you know, the real model, I think, is you have to think about AI and people as symbiotic, and you have to think about the real transition in the industrial revolution of knowledge work we're …”
Apr 14, 2025 bearish
Aug 18, 2025 bearish
Osika: AI will devalue knowledge work just as fine art lost profitability
“I think we're going to have, like, Maybe a shift away from some very glamorous jobs, which people will be get depressed by, like similarly to how being like an artist was like so fucking cool, but clearly you can't make any money as an artist. I think we're go…”
Jan 16, 2026 bearish
Lovinsky: Continuous background AI inference won't reach general knowledge work by 2026
“Whether it happens widely in knowledge work, By 20, 26, I think is, you know, I'll take a bet with you on that. Certainly for coding. I think in a lot of places we're already there, right? I mean, you have like the Ralph Wiggum stuff that, that popped up over,…”