A barber only heard of ChatGPT last week: real-world AI adoption gap
AI_Andrew · x · 2026-11-15
The author shares a real-world conversation: a barber only first heard of ChatGPT last week and never used it. Her stated reason: "I made it this far without it, and I have no interest." A telling anecdote about how far mainstream AI adoption actually lags behind tech-bubble perceptions.
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