Railroads were the original Big Tech of the 19th century
round · x · 2026-08-28
The post draws a parallel between 19th-century railroad capitalists and 21st-century AI engineers, suggesting that railroad tycoons likely boasted about their technology's revolutionary potential at social events just as AI engineers do today.
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