MIT's Andrew McAfee: we underestimated the scale, pace, and scope of tech progress
amcafee · x · 2026-10-27
Replying to praise for Erik Brynjolfsson and himself, MIT Sloan professor and bestselling author Andrew McAfee said: "Tbh I think we underestimated the scale, pace, and scope of coming tech progress."
A notable admission from one of tech-optimism's standard bearers — even the optimists underestimated AI's trajectory.
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