# Competent AI Becomes a Personal Chief of Staff by Emad Mostaque > "The models are smart enough now. We need them not to make mistakes and not to drop the ball, and that is exactly where everyone is going. That is why Muse, Instinct, and similar systems will do tremendously well: they can become amazing personal assistants, chiefs of staff, and organizers. We all need some competence in our lives." > **— Emad Mostaque**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 39:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2345s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[wired/Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment|Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment]] - **Article:** [[wired/Wired About Personal Agents Named M|Wired About Personal Agents Named M]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Personal AI Agent|Personal AI Agent]] - [[wiki/Competent Intelligence|Competent Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The models are smart enough now. We need them not to make mistakes and not to drop the ball, and that is exactly where everyone is going. That is why Muse, Instinct, and similar systems will do tremendously well: they can become amazing personal assistants, chiefs of staff, and organizers. We all need some competence in our lives." — Emad Mostaque, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-emad-mostaque-competent-ai-becomes-personal-chief-staff ```