AI Builders Aiming at the Wrong Economy, While Real Businesses Go Untouched
andrew_n_carr · x · 2026-09-10
Leonard Tang laments that the AI industry spends its brightest minds building tools for tech companies to sell to other tech companies, while the businesses that keep society running remain largely untouched — "we are aiming intelligence at the wrong economy." Andrew Carr adds a quip: who's building AI to stop electricians from leaving Monster energy cans inside the walls? Together they argue AI should target real-world physical industries rather than an insular software stack.
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