I think 2026 will be the year of "dreaming up and doing the truly amazing." I'm thinking about SciFi kind of things. Beyond agents and workflows, things where we start an AI on a general task without having to prepare an agent for it, and having it work on steps, check in, and continue on the task. I know we have agentic AI that can do some of this now, but not something like "I"m working on an idea for an article about [topic], I need research, I need some graphics, and some summaries. Then I want to start working on the article..." and it just _goes_. Dreaming bigger. Creating more. It's the technological equivalent of "wow this 'wheel' thing you made is cool..." to "what if we put a—what did you call it a 'wheel'—into the river and have it turn and have it thresh our harvest..."
I like the prediction about "transcending turns". That will be a magical moment for the UX/UI of AI. Seeing a AI coworker helping you as you work will be insane like designing a figma component and the AI starts on the other part of the page formatting it how you are doing it. Also, automations in general will be a big new productivity gain possible with better LLMs. The future is bright.
Fascinating analysis on the shift from raw capability to harness design. The point about how Claude Code's workflow wrapper mattered as much as themodel itself totally nails what I've been feeling when using different tools lately. I dunno if we'll see this standardization happen in 2026, but theMCP-style protocols becoming the norm feels inevitable at some point. Back when I was tinkering with agent workflows earlier this year, it was wild how much time got burned just rewiring the same basic primitives over and over.
Great round up. Never a dull moment in the field of AI!
AI trends are reshaping every industry. Staying informed on these shifts is essential for staying relevant in 2026.
I think 2026 will be the year of "dreaming up and doing the truly amazing." I'm thinking about SciFi kind of things. Beyond agents and workflows, things where we start an AI on a general task without having to prepare an agent for it, and having it work on steps, check in, and continue on the task. I know we have agentic AI that can do some of this now, but not something like "I"m working on an idea for an article about [topic], I need research, I need some graphics, and some summaries. Then I want to start working on the article..." and it just _goes_. Dreaming bigger. Creating more. It's the technological equivalent of "wow this 'wheel' thing you made is cool..." to "what if we put a—what did you call it a 'wheel'—into the river and have it turn and have it thresh our harvest..."
I like the prediction about "transcending turns". That will be a magical moment for the UX/UI of AI. Seeing a AI coworker helping you as you work will be insane like designing a figma component and the AI starts on the other part of the page formatting it how you are doing it. Also, automations in general will be a big new productivity gain possible with better LLMs. The future is bright.
Fascinating analysis on the shift from raw capability to harness design. The point about how Claude Code's workflow wrapper mattered as much as themodel itself totally nails what I've been feeling when using different tools lately. I dunno if we'll see this standardization happen in 2026, but theMCP-style protocols becoming the norm feels inevitable at some point. Back when I was tinkering with agent workflows earlier this year, it was wild how much time got burned just rewiring the same basic primitives over and over.
Now a "B" is pretty damn good!
I'm just wrapping up my own "looking back at my own predictions" post for tomorrow. So far, it looks like something around B-/C+