The biggest headwind for AI productivity: choice paralysis and an explosion of half-finished ideas
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-08
dreamwieber argues the biggest obstacle to realized AI productivity is choice paralysis: AI lets people suddenly do everything, producing an explosion of half-finished ideas, while the hardest problems — marketing and finding real value — remain unchanged at the end.
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