Reality check: all 8 friends use AI like Google, none know what it can do
Yamapama · x · 2026-11-13
A widely shared observation: the author hung out with 8 friends — all of them use AI, yet none knows what it's actually capable of. They treat ChatGPT like Google, and half have never heard of Claude, while the AI twitter bubble feels like everyone is shipping apps and automations. Step outside the bubble and most people have no idea what's happening: "we are so ridiculously early."
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