Nick Martell

Yetis, by this time next year, Jack and I want to make a bet that you won't be just asking an AI chatbot questions like you do Google search style.

No, you'll probably have at least one AI agent, a bot that independently does work on your computer for you 24-7.

But a year from now, here's the big question you're going to face.

How much slack do you give that bot to act on your behalf?

For AI agents at work, you might give it a lot of slack.

Go to my spreadsheets overnight.

I'll check it out in the morning.

If you make a mistake, my boss is encouraging me to use AI so he'll understand.

And for no-risk functional tasks, you'll also probably give it a lot of slack.

Yeah, go fight for my refund from Delta.

Take as long as you need.

If you take six hours, that's still worth it.

No cost to me.

But Jack, what about managing your money?

An AI agent could lose all your money in one stupid trade.

Or rack up a huge grocery bill that you didn't ask for because of a hallucination.

I'm sorry, robot.

What's all this wagyu beef we suddenly got delivered for 700 bucks?

When your money's at stake and AI's mistakes cost you something, the AI is going to have to earn your trust.

So the trust challenge that we'll all face is how much latitude, how much leeway, how much discretion we're going to give the bots.