LessWrong says AGI next year, YouTube says AI is barely net-productive
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-15
Jessi Cata highlights a stark disconnect between AI information ecosystems: if you follow LessWrong, recursive self-improvement arrives next year, takes all jobs, and maybe kills everyone; if you follow YouTube practitioner content, AI is only barely net-productive in the software industry. Two parallel AI worlds from two different feeds.
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