"No one uses AI": devs live in a different universe while 99% of users just cheat, search and slop
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-10-05
A widely-shared thread argues that for 99% of people AI is just three things: cheating on homework, a search engine, and slop, while programmers live in a universe where AI is integrated into everything. The quoted original goes further: almost nobody actually uses AI deeply — even paying users run a handful of basic queries, don't know they can upload photos, and have never heard of agents that read Gmail or check into flights. Adoption, not capability, is the real challenge; the author muses about the compute shortage if everyone ever starts actually using what they pay for.
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