Chamath: long-horizon AI tasks are 'still a joke,' warns of disillusionment trough
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-11-05
Chamath said AI companies' promised long-horizon task capabilities are 'still a joke — I do not care what anybody says. Do not show me a stupid evaluation.' Complex problems, he added, are not handled well either. With hundreds of billions, potentially trillions, being spent to cross this chasm, he warned that failure would push people into the trough of disillusionment and declare AI a joke.
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