Ethan Mollick: orgs underestimate AI progress, the AI world underestimates its jaggedness
emollick · x · 2026-09-13
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick notes a striking asymmetry: organizations often badly underestimate AI's pace of capability growth, while the AI tech world badly underestimates how jagged AI's real-world performance remains. Moving between both worlds makes the mutual miscalibration startling.
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