AI industry must prove usefulness fast or face hard times in 2 years
ashleymayer · x · 2026-11-04
Ashley Mayer endorses a circulating take: tech/AI now has to try extra hard to be actually useful, popular, and usher in prosperity ASAP — otherwise the industry will struggle in two years. She calls it a much-needed reorientation for the sector.
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