In the coming year, we will begin the transition into a new era of AI in the human loop, not the other way around.
Words found on the source page on Nov 6, 2026.
More from Werner Vogels
BlogTech predictions for 2026 and beyondNov 25, 2025
But if history has taught us anything, this is not the end of the developer, it’s the dawn of something new, the renaissance developer.BlogTech predictions for 2026 and beyondNov 25, 2025
Generative AI lets us generate code in seconds, but if you put garbage in, you get really convincing garbage out.BlogTech predictions for 2026 and beyondNov 25, 2025
It’s plausible that in about five years, there will be quantum computers capable of breaking the RSA and ECC encryption that secures the vast majority of internet communications, financial transactions, and your sensitive personal data.BlogTech predictions for 2025 and beyondDec 5, 2024
As disinformation spreads at unprecedented rates, a new wave of AI-powered tools will emerge to empower journalists, researchers, and engaged citizens in their quest for truth.BlogTech predictions for 2025 and beyondDec 5, 2024
Beyond that, the next frontier will involve designing data centers as flexible load centers, capable of adjusting their consumption based on real-time grid needs.
On the same topics
BlogThe OverhangSep 18, 2026
In fact, the new GPT-6 Astra and Fable 5.1 are already enough for transformative impact in large sections of the economy and they can reliably do weeks worth of human work when properly guided and harnessed.BlogThe OverhangSep 18, 2026
Making great things with AI means knowing which AI outputs to keep, which to discard, and which to use as raw material for something the AI would never have generated on its own.BlogThe OverhangSep 18, 2026
My point is that, while there is a lot of debate over what future models will do, the current capabilities of existing models are barely being used, and are often not even well understood.BlogThe OverhangSep 18, 2026
The capability overhang, the gap between what these models can do and what almost anyone is doing with them, is an opportunity because most people don't bring their own advantages to AI, and those who do get much more out of it.BlogThe OverhangSep 18, 2026
You are not trying to compete with AI in producing outputs, that is a losing game. Instead, you want to use your human advantages as basis of working with AI to do things that neither of you could do alone.BlogI do not want your brains to rotSep 17, 2026
Cognitive offloading is a strategic delegation that costs nothing. Cognitive surrender is something different; an uncritical abdication of reasoning itself. And there is something about AI, about its allure and potency, that could make surrender far more widespread.
About this quote