No doubt by now AI’s reach has filtered through every corner of business, government and authority. Ever since OpenAI released their GPT 3.5 model late 2022, the world has been astounded as to the level of potential, disruption, displacement and automation AI brings to the world.
Fast forward to mid 2025, and we are at the precipice of AI changing the world again. It’s no longer about increases in efficiency nor about making an incremental improvement on your project, it’s now about having AI co-workers that not only help you do a task, but complete them and take workload off you.
This ‘leap’ in autonomy brings with it a promise of a better world where, according to the likes of Bill Gates, a 2 day work week in 5 to 10 years. A world where we will have so much time available, that all our tasks will be done for us, so we have more time to enjoy our lives, spend time on break and be able to, at last it seems, enjoy the fruits of our labour.
On the other hand, warnings from the likes of Dario Amodei (Anthropic), show that it’s not all glam. At current levels of ‘intelligene’, AI agents and bots are showing competence levels of entry level jobs, potentially displacing those jobs that Gen Z (and younger) generation needs to get a hold of in their careers ladder, robbing them of experience in entry level jobs, that were traditionally available to Millenails and boomers at that younger age. This automation is happening today. with wider impacts and bigger disruption happening down the track.
With many tech firms already limiting hiring of software engineers and others shedding SWE jobs, this ironic disruption of the disruptive sector tech, is something to behold. Unique for now, but rather pervasive through rest of the industries including finance, education, management, production. Robots are interacting with the physical world too, allowing for real life interaction and AI adoption in the real world - could it all be recognisable in a few years time? Time will tell.
So what about property investing? Bots are already deployed to analyse deals in detail (probably at junior analyst level mid 2025 as I write this). Projecting forward the level of scaling, this could improve to mid-level analyst by end of year, and senior level by end of 2026. Imagine if a subscription to an AI program allows you to replace humans at scale, what does that look like for investing? The reality is AI can provide guidance on selling a property, and even reaching out to real estate agents on your behalf. Heck, in Portugal, a Christie’s franchise already has an AI bot showing properties and doing $100 million in sales, over the last 12 months..
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2534000/revolutionising-real-estate-ai-agent-generates-100m-in-sales-for-portugal
So it’s here, now what? Here’s the 5 step process to get ahead of the curve.
Learn more about AI. Go to webinars, attend courses and conferences to widen your horizons about this new technology
Play with new emerging tools - some will work for your business, some may not. Trial and error is your friend
Adopt those tools that help with your current investment / development processes
Innovate in this field. Perhaps you could invent new tools or solve new problems not already solved in this space. Your unique perspective in investment / development means that there is a market for this, even if it’s just for you, for now!
Pray that this technology won’t take over the world - we simply don’t know what the world would look in 5 to 10 years. Let’s hope that we are living our best lives, maybe in a 2-3 day workweek
In summary, AI is here to stay, and will revolutionise the way we work and interact with each other and the world. How involved will you be? Will you adopt AI to your investment / development journey?
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