Redditor: 'I feel alone' — nobody IRL grasps how fast AI progress is coming
farkoooooff · reddit · 2026-10-07
A Reddit user describes feeling isolated as one of the few people around them paying attention to AI progress. They argue the next 2-3 years will change everything, that most people fail to grasp the exponential nature of progress, and that AI development news should get coverage on the level of the COVID pandemic. The post resonates as a discussion of the awareness gap between AI insiders and the general public.
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