Why Isn't Everything Different Yet? (AI, where are you?)
3 hours ago
- #technology transformation
- #productivity revolution
- #AI adoption lag
- The term "stochastic parrot" is misappropriated to describe arguments that are out-of-touch, rather than describing LLMs as limited.
- AI adoption faces a lag because technology availability doesn't equal immediate widespread use, similar to how factories took decades to redesign around electric motors.
- AI's initial major impact is in software development, which is infrastructure that indirectly improves other domains, requiring integration efforts across millions of specific use cases.
- For transformative technology to scale, multiple steps are needed: reliability, infrastructure buildout, workflow redesign, training, legal frameworks, business models, and competitive pressure.
- Each adoption step is a multi-year project, but progress is historically fast, though it feels slow due to impatience; critics often measure change at the wrong resolution.