Notarizing a document at UPS: $15, 20 minutes, zero AI productivity gains
RishiBommasani · x · 2026-10-26
A developer shared his experience notarizing a document at UPS: it cost $15 and took 20 minutes, with an entirely traditional process. He quipped that the productivity gains from AI for this process are exactly zero.
Rishi Bommasani, who leads Stanford's AI Index, reposted it — a nice everyday counterpoint to the "AI changes everything overnight" narrative.
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