Rob Leclerc: 99% of people won't know what to do with AGI, so its short-term impact will be overrated
robleclerc · x · 2026-11-10
Responding to a claim that a world-changing intelligence explosion is coming in 2027 and the public needs to know, investor Rob Leclerc pushes back: even when AGI arrives, 99% of people will have no idea what to do with it, so its short-term impact will be far less than imagined. The core point: a lag exists between technical capability and society's ability to absorb it.
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