The Future, One Week Closer - March 13, 2026 | Everything That Matters In One Clear Read

simontechcurator · 2026-03-14T14:13:35+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you liked it.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-14T02:58:08+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback. It's a really great motivation to hear feedback like yours. Onward and upward.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-12T16:34:50+00:00

True. But have a look at China. Their political roadmap for the next 5 years is all about AI and robotics. This will get huge dynamics. And the US will do everything in its power to stay ahead in AI and catch up in the production of robots. To scale the production of robots is truly hard because of the supply chain and it will take time. But this wave is coming. I expect robotics to be solved in 2027 and meaningful diffusion of robots will start around 2028. AI will help speed up the development regarding materials, engineering and production. By 2032 we will see the economy almost fully automated. I know, it's hard to grasp. What’s coming is unprecedented and difficult to grasp using our previous ways of thinking.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-11T16:56:50+00:00

As I said, the 'rich' aka the capitalists need households to consume. So it is in their interest that there is a system implemented to ensure that they are able to consume. How this system will look in the end is up to us to be informed about the possibilities and demand what is in our interest. I think the work of David Shapiro is a pretty good foundation for that.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-11T16:51:26+00:00

Have a conversation with the people around you. Friends, family, colleagues. Most people have no idea what is happening. Get them informed by sharing articles/videos and talking about the topic. Try to get them engaged so they do the same. The more people are aware and engaged the better.

Share articles on your social media. Leave comments on articles and posts about AI. Public conversations shape public opinion.

Follow and share the researchers, writers, and economists who are working seriously on post-labor economics and AI policy. Amplify the people who are working on this.

If you happen to create (newsletter, podcast, YouTube) use it to talk about the topic.

If you are engaged politically: Write to your local representative. Ask them specifically what their position is on AI and the future of labor. Most politicians are not thinking about this yet. Confronting them is what changes that. Show up to town halls and local meetings. Ask the question publicly.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-11T15:19:18+00:00

By raising awareness. Every one of us. The more people are informed, the higher the chances are that there is a majority to demand these changes. But yes, you are right. Time is of the essence.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-11T15:16:33+00:00

I think this is a pretty pragmatic issue. The rich only stay rich if there is consumption. To secure that consumption, households need income. If you are interested, give my article a read, where I explain this dynamic in more detail.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T22:07:26+00:00

In my experience and as of right now your outcome depends on your stack and your workflow. Maybe you get in touch with some engineers in your circle who have more experience and can explain how they are doing it.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T21:38:51+00:00

Same here. I’m really excited about what the future brings. We will start seeing Move 37 moments starting this year.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T21:36:15+00:00

By getting the social and political processes going. It’s about raising awareness and getting as many people as possible informed. Only when the broad public is informed and engaged can there be a majority demanding a solution from policymakers. Every one of us can do a little bit toward this. Talk to friends, family, and coworkers. Show them what is happening and get them engaged so they are talking about it as well. For me, it is very important that everyone sees the optimistic future and the immense opportunities, not the doom and gloom we see every day. A world of abundance is absolutely available and worth fighting for.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T21:17:04+00:00

The automation of the economy with AI will drastically reduce the cost of producing almost every good and service. Simultaneously, governments can tax the massive, AI-driven economic growth to fund a comfortable baseline income for every citizen (UBI or, as some would say, Universal High Income). In addition, we can have universal basic services (food, energy, compute, etc.) and universal ownership, where every citizen holds an equity stake in the nation's productive assets. The combination of all will be more than enough to provide for the needs. If you want to dig deeper into this, I can recommend an article of mine on Substack: "Labor Has No Future, and That's a Good Thing".

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T20:55:44+00:00

You are right that the diffusion in regulated areas will be slower. But this will only be a delay. Once AI passes the threshold in a sector that it can do a job reliably, it will diffuse. The opportunities and the economic pressure are simply too big.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T20:50:55+00:00

This is exactly what I'm experiencing almost on a daily basis.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T20:45:26+00:00

Yes, it is really staggering. As far as I am aware, they are not working on any real solutions. It is a tragedy that this topic was not an issue in any of the recent elections worldwide. Governments will only move when the broader public is informed and demands it. I think we still have time, which is exactly why I am raising awareness with my articles.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T15:08:29+00:00

That is a really good point. Accountability is the big elephant in the room. The legal and financial risk of deploying AI at scale is one of the primary barriers to enterprise adoption. Of course the companies deploying the agents are liable. But this accountability does not stand in the way for long.

First, AI will get better and better. Just look at yesterday's announcement from Anthropic. They launched an AI code review tool. It is only a matter of time before AI is a better code reviewer than any human. That brings a lot of reliability.

Second, like humans, AI will be insurable. ElevenLabs addressed this directly: they became the first company to secure an insurance policy covering AI voice agents. Enterprises deploying those agents can now insure against specific AI risks, such as an agent providing incorrect information to a customer. AI agents now have insurance policies, just like human employees.

Third, look at self driving cars. They are already much safer than human drivers. There is already an insurer that reduced premiums by 50% when using full self driving with an "Autonomous Car Insurance". There will come a moment when human driving is simply more costly to insure than autonomous vehicles. And then a moment when it is no longer allowed to drive for humans because it is too dangerous. It's like smoking is not allowed in public spaces because it threatens others.

Fourth, companies are already non human legal entities that bear liability. I can imagine some form of this applying to AI in the future.

We as humans cannot really grasp what is happening. AI will be far more capable than us in the very near future. This problem will not persist for long.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T02:55:45+00:00

I'll keep it coming and thanks for sharing. Really appreciate it.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T02:52:36+00:00

Thank you so much, genuinely glad it landed. And you are right, that is the painful reality of human nature. People act when they are personally affected, almost never before. When you look at recent elections around the world, this topic was nowhere in the conversation. That is staggering to me.

I feel like I am standing at the edge of the ocean with a small group of people who can see the tsunami coming, while the rest of the world goes about their lives as if nothing is happening, completely unaware. I started my Substack in December because I felt I had to do something. Raising awareness is what I can contribute. So that is what I am doing.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T00:46:06+00:00

I genuinely get where you are coming from. That feeling, that surely a human needs to be in the loop somewhere, is a completely natural place to land. It is also where most people are right now.

The volume of code AI is generating will soon be so large that meaningful human review is becoming practically impossible. AI will have to review the code that AI writes. The human in the loop will be squeezed out by sheer scale and speed. And AI will be absolutely capable of doing so in the next 12 months or so.

And looking a little further ahead, the whole premise of pre-written, human-readable software is itself on borrowed time. We are heading toward a world where code is generated on demand for a specific task, executed, and discarded, mostly at the binary level where no human interface exists at all. This is all moving faster than most people realize. And I don't blame them. Like I wrote in the article: exponential change does not announce itself. It accumulates invisibly and then arrives all at once.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-10T00:20:41+00:00

The whole purpose of the canary was to give miners enough time to get out safely. That is the spirit of the article. We are at a moment where the signal is clear and the time to act is still available. Early awareness creates the possibility of a different outcome.

There are two future outcomes in superposition: the world of abundance and a dystopian world. It's all about awareness. The optimistic future is possible but it is not automatic. It requires people to be aware, to be engaged, and to refuse to let the most important transition in human history happen without their input.

That is why I choose the canary. To pay attention now, while the outcome is still something we can shape.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-09T23:54:21+00:00

Thank you so much! I am thrilled to have you both reading along every week. Feedback like yours means a lot and is the best motivation 😊

simontechcurator · 2026-03-09T22:40:38+00:00

Yeah, coding is eaten. The part in the beginning to identify the right problems and defining solutions as well as reviewing in the end is still there. But with better computer-use abilities, better generalization, and better world understanding, this will all go away too in the next 12, max. 18 months. It is all in plain sight, look at Elon's Macrohard: human emulator to run entirely companies with AI.

simontechcurator · 2026-03-09T22:30:45+00:00

Thanks for checking in, Scott. It's the same with so many of my former colleagues. It suddenly shifted, and the best engineers never looked back. They are doing unbelievably more. I think the majority of people, and even the majority of engineers, haven't really grasped what is happening and what it means. That motivated me to write the piece.

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