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The speaker says AI provided basically no productivity uplift for automating parts of their job four years ago, when the task was basically impossible.

Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026

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“you know, four years ago, basically like was impossible.”
“I was getting basically no uplift.”
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