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type: prediction
date: 2026-07-14
status: open
url: https://bb-projects.com/takes/requirements-elicitation-limiting-factor/
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Most discussions about the extent to which AI will automate human labor will increasingly converge on the part of requirements elicitation that AI fundamentally cannot overtake.

In short: AI will be able to automate most cognitive problems, but it cannot fully identify and select all the problems it should solve. There will always be a human translation layer, one that may shrink to a minimum, but not to zero.