Yesterday's rebels become today's orthodoxy: a pattern that keeps repeating in AI
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-19
alexolegimas observes how quickly innovators who spent years fighting orthodoxy end up becoming the orthodoxy once they win — refusing to update beliefs on new data and pushing back on progress that doesn't resemble their own path. Obvious in theory, he says, but still striking to see over and over in practice.
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