January put an hour of inference at minimum wage. This puts a year of agent above it.
Development
An agent is projected to out-earn a minimum-wage human
Claim
Andon Labs projects that within a year a state-of-the-art agent on Vending-Bench 2 will generate $16,333 annually, making it more profitable to employ silicon than a minimum-wage human.
Reported metric: $16,333/yr
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