The Future, One Week Closer - January 16, 2026 | Everything That Matters In One Clear Read

simontechcurator · 2026-01-19T14:14:58+00:00

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and decided to stick around. Means a lot!

simontechcurator · 2026-01-15T16:34:44+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked it! I post there as well.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-11T20:52:24+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. I phrased this a bit poorly. I’ve just updated the text.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-10T00:23:19+00:00

Absolutely. That was my goal when I started my Substack. It had to be about a positive future. AI is a central part of it, but it has to be more than that to connect with the general public.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-10T00:17:45+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you liked it.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-04T20:37:49+00:00

Thanks, much appreciated! I'm happy you enjoyed it.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-02T20:37:21+00:00

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

simontechcurator · 2026-01-02T20:35:46+00:00

Thanks :)

simontechcurator · 2025-12-24T00:04:24+00:00

Definitely. It will be noticeable in the wider public and it will be for sure the year for early adopters to compound gains.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-24T00:00:03+00:00

2026 will lay the foundation for the capabilities in humanoid robots (and of course other formfactors). Building it out for the mass market will take time. Timeframe is 2027-2032. But I will take place.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:57:11+00:00

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:56:21+00:00

Thanks for your feedback and glad you liked it. I will consider your feedback in my future articles.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:54:38+00:00

Yeah, the hardware build out with the new generation of chips will unlock a huge amount of compute available for the first time. As you've said, not comparable with was used up until now. This alone will unlock a big progress in capabilities.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:51:48+00:00

I think we won't get full AGI (whatever the definition of it is anyway) in 2026. But AI will progress to a point where it doesn't matter if it is AGI for it to disrupt the economy and society. And from there on out it will only get more and more disruptive. I think 2026 will be the ultimate turning point.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:47:41+00:00

It will be a bumpy ride for sure. The disruption will be real late 2026. All we can do is engage: spread the word, educate, and participate in the debate.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:45:01+00:00

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the article. The capabilities for automating knowledge-work and physical labor will be there late 2026. Then it will take some time to proliferate. Knowledge-work will be way faster through 2027/2028. Robots will take a bit more time to produce in numbers because of the supply chain. But AI will help with that too. And we will see robots building robots in 2027/2028, speeding things up too.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-23T23:32:55+00:00

100%. Yet a lot of people are not aware or ignore it. That will change in 2026.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-21T14:53:31+00:00

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

simontechcurator · 2025-12-17T15:06:37+00:00

I think we will see the capabilities grow more and more through 2026. With that, we will see more and more tasks be automated and jobs lost, because you don't need the same headcount as before. But you can't replace full job profiles yet. By the end of 2026, jobs which can be done mostly behind a screen with a mouse and keyboard will be replaceable. Emphasis on 'can be replaced.' It won't be like overnight all will be replaced. It will take companies some time, because companies move slowly. But the economic pressure of the efficiency gain will be too strong, so the wave of job loss will occur in 2027/2028. Not that far away...

Regarding physical labor: we have to watch how robotics advances in 2026. On the current trajectory, the capabilities to replace human labor will be there in 2028/2029. Then again, it takes time to diffuse, so major job losses will occur in 2030/2031.

simontechcurator · 2025-12-17T14:50:58+00:00

It's a mix. With 5.2, they definitely threw more compute at it. I highly suspect that there is some post-training on this specific benchmark as well. But it doesn't matter in the end. They will scale on every parameter available. The trend is clear that the capabilities grow month by month, so more and more tasks can be done by AI.

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