Most People Subconsciously Believed AI Would Stay Dumb Forever
repligate · x · 2026-08-09
repligate observes that most people—even those close to ground zero in AI—at least subconsciously believed that AIs would forever remain dumb or unagentic. The takeaway highlights how rapidly shifting capabilities are upending long-held industry assumptions.
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