No signal on the Bay Bridge: AI's broad impact hinges on patchy internet access
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-01
Argues AI can't have broad-based impact until it's reliably available everywhere — and until on-device models are very capable, that requires internet. Even Silicon Valley's Bay Bridge has dead zones, and global connectivity is far worse: an Ookla-based EC study shows stark urban broadband disparities by geography and income.
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