The a16z Show · Thursday, September 10, 2026
The discussion posits that AI will likely reinvent labor rather than eliminate it, leading to a reimagining of human tasks and creating expansionary use cases. Evidence from legal tech, like the AI tool Harvey, shows that AI can increase billable hours by enabling more sophisticated client interactions and analysis.
“Now, that doesn't mean importantly that labor is going to go away. I think labor is just going to be reinvented.”
“So my billable hours have only gone up. Yes. With the advent of the usage of AI.”
“And so all these use cases are massively, massively, probably underappreciated and we don't still even know where. Yeah. They're expansionary. Yeah. Yeah, that's the point.”