We predicted the future of AI in 2025…were we right? Plus our 2026 predictions | Human in the Loop Episode 16

A team reviews their AI predictions from six months prior and makes new ones for the upcoming year. The predictions being evaluated cover several key areas of enterprise AI adoption. These include whether AI agents will reach production environments, if they will improve work-life balance, and if enterprises will adopt fully autonomous, long-running agents. Other forecasts involved a shift in AI evaluation from text-based to action-based methods and the possibility of companies temporarily abandoning AI due to poor use case selection.