AI Applied: Covering AI News, Interviews and Tools - ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic Is Something Big Happening in AI?
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Feb 18, 2026 They dig into a viral blog arguing AI is accelerating like a pandemic and threatening screen-based jobs. Recent model releases and agent swarms are highlighted as forces that speed AI development. The conversation covers how AI tooling can rapidly replace tedious SaaS and how company adoption will shape who wins and loses.
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Computer Work Is Widely Vulnerable
- Anything you can do on a computer can almost be done by AI, according to Matt Schumer's viral thesis.
- This implies massive exposure for screen-based white-collar tasks as models rapidly improve.
Adopt AI As A Behavioral Shift
- Start using AI seriously and change behavior, not just tools, to capture value.
- Make AI adoption a practical, habitual shift across workflows, not just experimentation.
Agent Swarms Multiply Productivity
- New model features like 'swarms' create multi-threaded agent workflows that multiply speed and capability.
- This agent-level composability acts like a flywheel that accelerates future AI development.