The Real Bottleneck for AI is Institutional Speed
sanjaykalra · x · 2026-07-20
This post summarizes Ethan Mollick's perspective on the bottleneck of AI progress: in many scenarios, the true barrier to AI adoption isn't "intelligence" itself, but the speed at which the real world provides feedback. Coding exploded because the write-test-run loop is nearly free, with no procurement, approvals, or external coordination slowing down validation. The author further emphasizes that in other industries, "reality answers slowly." Therefore, the bottleneck will shift from model capability to institutions and processes, which inherently move at their own organizational pace.
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