"90% of people have never heard of Claude": AI insider on how early we still are
kimmonismus · x · 2026-10-18
kimmonismus notes that at a family gathering, 90% of relatives had never heard of "Claude" or "agentic AI." For most people, AI awareness tops out at ChatGPT, seen merely as a chat window — "a better Google."
His takeaway: the AI community lives in an ivory tower. Most people have no idea what today's AI can do, don't use AI at work at all, and the industry is still "so early, it's crazy."
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