knowledge workers

6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Dec 20, 2019 by Brandon Deer · across every show →

Everything said about knowledge workers, oldest first

Dec 20, 2019
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40% of global knowledge work is repetitive and mundane
“While there are over six hundred million knowledge workers around the world, 40% of the things that they're doing are super repetitive and mundane by nature.”
Brandon Deer Dec 20, 2019 ▶ 11:13 20VC: Inside UiPath, The World's Fastest Growing Startup, How The Best Leaders Approach Decision-Making & WhY Vulnerability Is Central To SuccessFul Leadership Today with Brandon Deer, VP of Operations & Strategy @ UiPath
Jun 30, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Douwe Kiela: GPT-4 will disrupt Mechanical Turk before knowledge workers
“And so, so GPT-IV might end up disrupting, not like knowledge workers necessarily, but it might just disrupt like mechanical Turk and is just a, an annotator on steroids.”
Douwe Kiela Jun 30, 2023 ▶ 21:15 Douwe Kiela: Why Data Size Matters More Than Model Size; Why Open Source Isn't Going to Win | E1032 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 1, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Vlad Tenev: AI reasoning models will start replacing knowledge workers within years
“And so I think you will see that in the next couple of years, really really start taking off and good products. Have recently become possible with like the latest models that can reason and make better decisions. The models are likely going to get better and b…”
Vlad Tenev Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 45:59 Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder & CEO @Robinhood: The GameStop Saga & The Future of AI | E1222 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 8, 2025 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2027
Lemkin: AI will replace half of knowledge workers in 24 months
“Half of these knowledge workers are going to be gone in 24 months”
Jason Lemkin May 8, 2025 ▶ 31:31 Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 16, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Stebbings: Most knowledge workers will use 24/7 background AI inference by 2026
“I think one thing that we're going to see in 2026 that no one's talking about is 24 seven inference that everyone is going to have inference running all the time, not just on input into chat GPT, but consistently for the majority of people, especially in knowl…”
Harry Stebbings Jan 16, 2026 ▶ 32:14 20Product: Is the Design Phase Dead in a World of AI | Has Claude Code Crushed Anthropic Already | What Roles of a PM Are Less and More Important with AI | How the Best Product Leaders Tell Stories with Noam Lovinsky, CPO @ Superhuman
Jan 26, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Junestrand: Knowledge workers will queue complex AI tasks overnight
“I do think that we're going to move into a world where we, you know, sort of start a lot of things as we go to bed and we wake up in the morning and it's done.”
Max Junestrand Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 17:27 Legora CEO, Max Junestrand: $7M ARR in a Day | Harvey vs Legora: Is a Legal AI Winner Takes All? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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