AI in 2025 feels eerily like January 2020, just before Covid went mainstream
paraschopra · x · 2026-11-13
Entrepreneur Paras Chopra argues the current AI moment feels eerily similar to January 2020, just before Covid hit mainstream:
- AI capabilities are growing extremely fast (perhaps exponentially)
- Talk of recursive self-improvement is everywhere
- Researchers themselves have no visibility beyond 2027
- Governments deny AI could cause major harm
- The rationalist community is freaking out
- The rest of the world is completely oblivious to what's coming
He acknowledges obvious differences, but the vibe is the same: something powerful and dangerous is birthing itself, and we are so not ready for it.
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