Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedJohn Collison: belief
10 Mar 2026 Cheeky Pint Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board
“I think a lot of the economy is actually white-collar knowledge work, not coding.”
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- John Collison
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- belief
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- 10 Mar 2026
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- Cheeky Pint
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…Just to say it. I'm not sure it solves a problem I have in my flower shop. I might be wrong. I might be unique in that. I think a lot of the economy is actually white-collar knowledge work, not coding. Think of finance departments, legal departments, things like that, where you should be able to see a lot of AI uplift and a lot of AI productivity improvements. It just feels like a current course in speed. We're not on track to get those productivity— Well, I'm not sure I'm right, but I would argue thinking about it by department rather than by process is where it's off.…
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