Mike Temkin (@miketemkin)

Update on AgenticAI from the Wall Street Journal: “2026 is the Year of the AI Agent.  Any doubts I had about that were erased this week (week of February 9, 2026) at the WSJ Tech Council Summit. The CIOs and CTOs attending still have concerns about the risks of moving too fast—data risks, legal risks, the risks of a corporate bureaucracy unable to keep pace with technology, the risk of ‘unknown unknowns.’ But for the most part, they are plowing ahead, afraid of being left behind. … Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson said the latest unemployment data out this week showed an uptick in overall economic productivity that also may reflect the AI invasion. ‘My estimate of productivity...is that…it's probably about 2.7% in 2025, which is roughly double what it was during the previous 10 years.’  Some of that is due to companies shedding workers because of tariffs or higher interest rates or excess hiring during the pandemic. But Brynjolfsson said his dive into the data shows ‘AI-exposed occupations’ accounted for a disproportionate share of the jobs lost, suggesting AI may be responsible.” From the article “The Risk of Moving Too Fast, and Too Slowly, With AI” posted February 13, 2026 on the Wall Street Journal by Alan Murray – US. Journalist, founding president of the WSJ Leadership Institute. For more Thoughts And Observations about Agentic AI go to https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-ai-potential-third-wave-michael-temkin-zsugc/