Ford and Disney as a lens: AI transformation is still human-driven
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-28
Responding to a debate on whether AI revolutions have singular human drivers, the author argues Ford's Model T made cars feel viable and Disney turned animation into an industry — the technology might have arrived anyway, but the trajectory was shaped by individuals. They add that much of the backlash against AI stems less from the tech itself than from problems with capitalism.
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