06/15/2026
𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘇𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝟯𝟲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱.
H𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝟴𝟲% 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
He predicted the fall of the Soviet Union.
He predicted the rise of the internet.
He predicted a computer would beat a human at chess by 1998.
He is not a hype guy. He is a scientist with receipts. And what he just said about the next five years stopped me cold, because it echoes something I said at a recent keynote.
When I was speaking in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, someone asked me where I thought AI was really going.
My answer: 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘈𝘐. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸." 𝘞𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 — 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴.
Here is what the data actually says is coming: By 2029, AI will be capable of doing the best work in every field. Not just writing emails. We are talking about diagnosing rare diseases better than the world's top specialists. Designing legal strategy. Running financial models. All of it.
The competitor down the street who deploys AI agents to handle their intake, follow-up, content, and customer service will have the bandwidth of a team of 20 while paying for a team of 5. That gap is already opening. It will be a canyon by 2027.
So here are the five questions I think every business owner should be sitting with right now:
1. Which tasks in my business could an AI agent handle by the end of this year?
2. If AI can do the best work in every field by 2029, what is my actual competitive advantage?
3. Am I building a business that multiplies with AI, or one that competes against it?
4. Does my brand have enough of a digital footprint for AI to know who I am and recommend me?
5. Who in my world is actually helping me navigate this — or am I figuring it out alone?
That last one is the one most people skip.
They read articles. They watch videos. They feel informed.
Feeling informed and actually building the systems are two very different things.
The businesses that win the next five years will not be the ones who understood AI the best.
They will be the ones who built systems around it the fastest.
Where are you in that process? Drop a comment — I read every one.
