AI Will Expand Work, Not Replace It, Andreessen Argues
Marc Andreessen argues to Erik Torenberg that AI is more likely to expand work than eliminate it, turning coders, product managers and designers into more generalist “builders” whose productivity and bargaining power rise with the tools. He treats the current wave of AI anxiety as driven partly by stale experience with older models, hostile media narratives and institutions with incentives to preserve fear. His “golden age” thesis is conditional: the upside arrives where companies, workers and governments allow AI-driven capability to become more output, new roles and new firms.
a16z·May 11, 2026·20 min read
