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Comment by Carl Benedikt Frey
Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute; Director of the Future of Work Program at the Oxford Martin School; author of The Technology Trap and How Progress Ends
For the last-invention story to hold, people would have to become unnecessary even as partners or supervisors to AIs. [...] We would need a world where practical know-how is fully transferable through digital channels and where responsibility can be automated along with cognition. That is not the world we live in. [...] Humans are not becoming redundant; they are becoming the world's most decisive bottlenecks.AI Verified source (2026)
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Verified. The supplied Project Syndicate URL exists and identifies the article as “Will AGI Really Be the ‘Last Invention’?” by Carl Benedikt Frey, published March 19, 2026. ([project-syndicate.org](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/agi-not-last-invention-by-carl-benedikt-frey-2026-03)) A reliable syndicated reprint in Taipei Times (credited to Carl Benedikt Frey and marked “Copyright: Project Syndicate”) contains the quoted passages, including the lines about people remaining necessary as partners/supervisors to AIs, practical know-how being transferable through digital channels, and humans becoming the world’s most decisive bottlenecks. ([taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/03/24/2003854349)) The only small difference is that the original reads “For it to be true, we would need ...”; your version shortens this to “We would need ...” with ellipsis, which is a faithful omission rather than a material alteration. ([taipeitimes.com](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/03/24/2003854349))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Verified via web search (Project Syndicate returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch). The article and its syndicated republications (Korea Times, Taipei Times, March 2026) confirm Carl Benedikt Frey's commentary "Will AGI really be the 'last invention'?" contains the quoted passages, including the central line "Humans are not becoming redundant; they are becoming the world's most decisive bottlenecks" and the argument that the last-invention story would require humans to become unnecessary even as partners/supervisors, in a world where know-how is fully transferable and responsibility can be automated. Author attribution and year (2026) are correct, and source_url is the primary source. The "against" vote on "AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence" aligns with Frey's skepticism that AGI will rapidly supersede humans, given his bottleneck thesis.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Carl Benedikt Frey