AI handles tasks, not whole jobs
Small-business CEOs tell John Arnold that AI blows them away on a few tasks but can't do a whole job yet. What I see is people getting more done, and some going further on their own.
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So... on Tuesday, John Arnold of Arnold Ventures wrote about what he keeps hearing from non-tech small-business CEOs. They're paying for AI for their white-collar folks. A few tasks blow them away.
Ask if it can do a whole job? They tell him it's not there yet. They haven't been laying people off. Some just aren't backfilling a seat... like in finance. Still, they're optimistic about what it can do for the business.
Look, that lines up with a figure from Stripe. Their economists say more than twice as many solopreneurs on their index cleared a million dollars in 2025 than in 2023.
Honestly, what I see here is people getting more done, and some going further on their own. That's the kind of AI I want more of. It empowers people. It doesn't replace them.