As the codegen wave of 2026 hits, many consumers feel a few weeks of wonder and whiplash at the agentic AIs that can now do parts of their job, and at the massive orgy of abundance in software, and then this becomes the new normal. The world of atoms hasn’t changed much. Most people by late 2026 just assume that AIs can do basically everything digital or intellectual, and become surprised when they learn of things that the AIs can’t do.
But they still don’t have reliable autonomous AI agents yet? Is that right?
But they still don’t have reliable autonomous AI agents yet? Is that right?