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Most white-collar tasks — lawyer, accountant, project manager, marketing — will be "fully automated by an AI" within the next 12 to 18 months.
The strongest counter-evidence comes from the company that bet hardest on the idea. Meta cut 8,000 people and built a division literally called Agent Transformation — then in July its CEO admitted agent progress hasn't accelerated as expected. What the honest data says, and what it means if you work in ops or service delivery.
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The "godfather of AI" says 2026 brings capability to replace "many, many jobs" — and he isn't selling a course. What to actually do with that if you work in ops, instead of "learn to prompt".
The Great Southern Country follows Lachlan Morton's Around Australia Record: roughly 450 km a day for a month, filmed by his brother. The best look inside ultra-endurance riding you'll find.
Odd Tinkering is a Finnish channel with no talking and no music — just knackered things becoming beautiful again. Start with the antique toaster restoration, lose your evening to the back catalogue.
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