Furman: the AI debate is skewed because people don't grasp current AI capabilities
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-11-01
Jason Furman notes that part of the disconnect in AI-and-jobs discussions is that some people are simply unaware of current AI capabilities — though that gap is rapidly closing as capabilities become more visible. He points to AI-only blogs and papers as evidence of what models can already produce.
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