knowledge work

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 25, 2023 by Kevin Scott · across every show →

Everything said about knowledge work, oldest first

Sep 25, 2023 negative
Opinion
Smartphones did not significantly boost knowledge worker productivity
“I don't think the smartphone helped much at all just in terms of productivity and knowledge work.”
Kevin Scott Sep 25, 2023 ▶ 7:31 AI Copilots and the Future of Knowledge Work with Microsoft's Kevin Scott
Dec 29, 2025 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Acharya: People use AI code editor Cursor for writing essays
“I'm hearing increasingly about people doing knowledge work and writing essays in cursor instead of just writing code.”
Anish Acharya Dec 29, 2025 ▶ 41:28 Where does consumer AI stand at the end of 2025?
Apr 6, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yang: Coding Will Eat All Knowledge Work
“I feel like coding will eat all knowledge work.”
Peter Yang Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 15:22 OpenClaw, Claude Code, and the Future of Software | Peter Yang on The a16z Show
Sep 10, 2026 neutral
Insight
George: AI diffusion beyond coding will be slow because tasks lack verifiability
“Coding hit, but that's kind of a head fake, right? Like coding, coding is perfectly documented, right? So it has like perfect data. It's verifiable and it's simulatable, right? And so like most tasks in business do not share those three attributes. And so, you…”
David George Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 35:21 Why Investors Are Rethinking Everything for the AI Era
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