Overview
- Cuban posted on X on July 24 that the next major AI application will be an open-weight or open-source job simulator that lets employees rehearse realistic work scenarios.
- Several firms already use AI role-play tools: Bank of America ran more than 1 million conversation simulations in 2024, AWS offers a Meeting Simulator, and vendors such as Skillsoft, Docebo and Yoodli sell rehearsal and feedback systems.
- Independent studies show early labor-market shifts: a Stanford analysis tied higher AI exposure to a 16% drop in employment for 22–25 year-olds in the most exposed jobs, and PwC found entry-level listings are increasingly asking for senior-level skills.
- Cuban warns these systems are not full substitutes for people, noting limits in real-time context, consequence management and social judgment, and experts highlight risks that firms could centralize institutional knowledge and control how judgment is defined.
- If adopted widely, simulators could speed training and cut costs but also shrink hands-on mentorship and reshape career ladders, a change likely to prompt new governance questions about who owns and updates corporate know-how.