Paul Graham: Systems that only worked at human speed are about to break
harris_edouard · x · 2026-10-02
Paul Graham posted a one-line macro take on AI's impact: many institutions and processes only worked because humans operate at a limited rate. As AI removes that bottleneck, "we're about to find out what all of them are, as they break." A concise, widely-shareable observation from a prominent figure on AI's systemic consequences.
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