Will AI Destroy Gen Z? | ATB #40

Approach the Bench · Jul 16, 2026 · 1h 22m

WEEK 40: What Happens When AI Replaces Us?

We're filming this one on a rooftop overlooking the U.S. Capitol — which felt right, because this episode is about who's still going to have a job when the dust settles. Joining us is Jack Kieffaber, who's spent real time thinking about where AI is actually headed, not just where the headlines say it's headed.

We open with the state of play in 2026: a tight, multi-lab race between Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and the Chinese open-weight labs, moving at a pace that's genuinely hard to describe — seven frontier models shipped in 78 days earlier this…