AI's 'twilight zone' is a diffusion lag problem, not a capability problem, researcher argues
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-10
Responding to Jim VandeHei's piece on AI's "twilight zone" — where most people see AI as a slightly cleverer Google while builders fear existential risk — @Afinetheorem argues the disconnect stems from diffusion lags rather than capabilities. People who dismiss AI as "a more clever Google search" simply don't know how to use it properly, and such adoption lags are true of every transformative technology.
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