# Human Cognition Goes Negative by Emad Mostaque > [Compared with AI,] the value of human cognition—we’ve got about two years before it goes negative. We’re the dumbest people on the team; we’re slowing everyone else down. > **— Adapted from Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and locator:** [THIS is What Happens When AI Gets Smarter Than Humans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=9s) — Mostaque’s statement begins at 0:09, with the concluding clause continuing at 0:17. - **Original source passage:** “I said precisely the value of human cognition, we’ve got about two years before it goes negative. We’re the dumbest people on the team. You know, we’re slowing everyone else down.” - **Editorial treatment:** The poster text is labeled as an adaptation because `[Compared with AI,]` restores the explicit comparison established by Bilyeu’s immediately preceding question; filler is removed and the two contiguous sentences are joined without changing the forecast or its two-year horizon. - **Reconciled transcript record:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] preserves the complete source-accounting and speaker-attribution method. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Cognitive Labor Value|Cognitive Labor Value]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/AI Workforce|AI Workforce]] - [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` [Compared with AI,] the value of human cognition—we’ve got about two years before it goes negative. We’re the dumbest people on the team; we’re slowing everyone else down. — Adapted from Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-emad-mostaque-human-cognition-goes-negative ```