"Flyers or Liars": the Wright Brothers' 1908 European skeptics as a lens on AI ambition today
bennash · x · 2026-10-16
Drawing a historical parallel, the author notes that after the Wright Brothers' first flight, Europe—especially France—spent two years repeating "Flyers or Liars" until the brothers brought a demo in 1908. The lesson: flying is hard, claiming you flew is easy. He argues nothing has changed in today's AI industry's culture of unproven ambition claims.
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