"Retrofitting electricity to coal-powered factories": one line on AI's institutional mismatch
curious_vii · x · 2026-11-11
curiousvii offers an aphorism on AI's mismatch with existing institutions: we're in the "retrofit electricity to coal-powered vertical factories" era of AI, where contracts and corporate career tracks are largely disjoint from the real nature of the technology. A follow-up extends the idea to vibe-coded smart contracts absorbing alpha from high-entropy sensor networks and human judgment.
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