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AI in 2026: Reid Hoffman’s Predictions on Agents, Work, and Creation

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AI in 2026: Reid Hoffman’s Predictions on Agents, Work, and Creation

AI & I

Jan 07
AI & I

AI & I

Jan 07
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From cofounding LinkedIn to backing OpenAI early, Reid Hoffman is in the habit of being right about the future, so we wanted to know what he saw coming in 2026. In his third appearance on AI & I, Hoffman lays out his predictions for where AI will go in t...

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Reid Hoffman, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a track record of foresight in technology, returns to discuss the next wave of AI transformation. This conversation explores how emerging AI capabilities are reshaping work, creativity, and enterprise operations beyond mere automation.
02:24
Work in 2026 will be enmeshed with AI agents
05:22
Creating with AI provides a dopamine hit that enables people to explore their potential.
15:26
AI is an amplifier for everyone, not just a disruptor.
19:55
Orchestration of AI agents without looking at code is becoming a new engineering skill
24:22
Opus 4.5 balances programming skill with user understanding through a holistic design
31:55
Cursor might stumble due to being caught between traditional and new AI paradigms
39:28
An AI agent named R2C2 in Discord ensures decisions align with company strategy
46:22
Current alignment methods create sycophantic models; allowing AI to have opinions may be crucial for real intelligence.
55:37
Generative AI is moving into fields far from human language, like biology.

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00:00
Introduction
00:52
The future of work is an entrepreneurial mindset
02:20
Creation is addictive (and that’s okay)
05:22
Why discourse around AI might get uglier this year
09:22
AI agents will break out of coding in 2026
17:03
What makes Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 such a good model
24:18
Who will win the agentic coding race
28:46
Why enterprise AI will finally land this year
36:13
How Hoffman defines AGI
43:16
The most underrated category to watch in AI right now
55:33

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Reid Hoffman: What we will see more of in 2026 is a combination of parallelization, longer workflows, and orchestration. People will experience what it is to have their computer running separately from them, doing something productive for them as they're w...