LukeW: Technology Limits Are Temporary — and AI Skeptics Are Already Feeling It
LukeW · x · 2026-10-27
Designer Luke Wroblewski argues people habitually fixate on new tech's early limitations instead of its long-term potential: Netflix once insisted nobody would watch movies on small screens, an 80s PC cost $4,000 in today's money, and the first iPhone lacked copy-paste and third-party apps. An accompanying image shows the same Spider-Man scene generated by Midjourney V1 through V8 (Feb 2022 to Mar 2026), illustrating four years of rapid image-model progress. He applies the lesson to today's AI criticisms — bad hands, hallucinations, weak code — noting these gaps closed quickly, leaving designers, writers, and developers who bet against AI exposed to job disruption. His advice: technology limits are temporary, plan accordingly.
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