AI task length
How long a task can AI complete?
Contributes to: Can AI do the work?. Signal score: 59 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
Latest value17 hours
What it measures
- Metric
- Human working hours of tasks completed with 50% success
- Solved if
- AI completes tasks lasting a working year (2,000 hours)
- Signal score
- 59 / 100. Best model: tasks of about 17 hours half the time, against a goal of a working year. How it is scored
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The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 17 hours | — | — |
Source
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | Scored measurement | Length of task a model completes half the time | 2026-10 |