In a widely shared February 2026 blog post titled “Something Big Is Happening,” AI entrepreneur Matt Shumer warned that artificial intelligence is advancing so fast that most people are dangerously unprepared. He described AI systems that write tens of thousands of lines of working code, test their own output, and display something he called “judgment” and “taste.” He predicted that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could disappear within one to five years.
Shumer is not wrong about the speed of change or its economic implications. But we think he’s missing something fundamental—something that matters for how we respond. And it’s the same thing most commentators miss when they talk about AI.
They confuse intelligence with volition.