Dev likens current AI moment to early COVID: 'things will change very soon'
birchlse · x · 2026-09-05
lisperati tweeted that the current moment feels like the early days of COVID — everyone going about their day normally, while sensing the old normal is no longer real and that things will change very soon. The tweet is a gut-level take on how quickly AI may disrupt the status quo; birchlse amplified it in agreement.
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