Computer scientist lemire: AI is splitting elites, new ones will rise from those who keep thinking
lemire · x · 2026-11-12
Daniel lemire observes a sharp bifurcation: tech leaders marvel at AI coding feats and predict "ordinary Joes will be gone in two years," while esteemed CS academic leaders openly say they don't use AI. He sees this as exactly what a singularity predicts — change too fast to think through — and argues that the few who keep thinking will replace the current elite. Attached: Fortune's piece on Instagram's Adam Mosseri hiring scrappy AI engineers in their 20s without Ivy League degrees.
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