AGI would still face a world running on decades-old infrastructure no one dares to touch
SuB8u · x · 2026-11-15
The author argues that even if AGI arrives, it must contend with a world relying on aging infrastructure that often works simply because no one dared to change it — which is why digital transformation remains a multi-billion-dollar market. The attached WSJ clipping illustrates the point: a nationwide air-travel outage traced to a single contractor (L3Harris) replacing copper wires with fiber at one remote facility.
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