Why AI hasn't reshaped society yet: same tool, but social relations take time to reset
tinyfool · x · 2026-09-24
Meng Yan argues AI writing went mainstream without reshaping society because social change requires connection networks to reset—AI apps don't directly change social relations. tinyfool adds a historical analogy: decades-old computers sent satellites to space and created billions in oil companies, yet ordinary people held the same tools.
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