Week 1 · 2026
Dec 29 – Jan 4, 2026
Top PickWired
2026 Will Be the Year AI Gets Boring (and That's Great)
The hype cycle is peaking. What comes next is more interesting: AI that quietly becomes infrastructure. A look at what 'boring AI' actually means.
AIPredictionsTech
10 min
Also GreatHarvard Business Review
The Jobs That AI Is Actually Replacing (It's Not What You Think)
New data on labor displacement shows a different picture than the narrative. The pattern is more specific, more gradual, and more recoverable than predicted.
AILaborEconomy
13 min
Worth ReadingDario Amodei
The Case for Optimism About AI
Anthropic's CEO on a future where AI compresses decades of scientific progress into years. One of the most important things written about AI in 2025.
AIFutureSociety
45 min