The Singularity Has Already Started, Just Wildly Unevenly Distributed
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-16
An AI-flavored rewrite of William Gibson's famous line: "The Singularity has already started; it's just wildly unevenly distributed."
The point: AGI-level capability already exists in pockets (frontier labs, some workflows), yet ordinary users barely feel it — a huge gap between capability and lived experience.
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