The AI “works or not” debate is really about two different objects
_FelixSimon_ · x · 2026-07-24
The post argues that many arguments over whether AI “works” are really debates about different objects: some people mean products like AI Overviews, while others mean frontier models that can be cross-examined and put under much heavier compute.
That mismatch, the author suggests, helps explain why two sides can look at the same term and still describe completely different realities.
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