The Wall Has Four Clocks, and We Read Them as One
New evidence shows multi-hour agent task horizons and widening control gaps. It still does not establish recursive self-improvement or economy-wide job replacement.
New evidence shows multi-hour agent task horizons and widening control gaps. It still does not establish recursive self-improvement or economy-wide job replacement.
Part of The Signal’s Vertical Wall series: what working professionals can do as AI turns careers into release-cycle risk.
Retracted July 14, 2026: the evidence did not support this article’s claims of recursive self-improvement or economy-wide job substitution.
Retracted July 14, 2026: the evidence did not support this article’s claims of recursive self-improvement or economy-wide job substitution.
AI stopped being a tool you use and became a system that uses itself. That shift has a name.