technology-adoption
AI’s Seatbelt Talk Is Missing a Speedometer
On Monday, CNBC’s Daily Open described a turn in how the big AI labs talk about themselves: after two years of racing each other on raw capability, the language has shifted toward caution, guardrails, and restraint. a shift from speed to seatbelts. The framing is neat. It also assumes something nobody has actually built: a…
The Enthusiasm Is Not the Product
Every genuinely new technology arrives with the same small, loud crowd out front. First the innovators, then the early adopters: a thin early market flush with enthusiasm, willing to forgive the rough edges because they can already see where the thing is headed before it gets there. They buy the 1.0. They tolerate the crashes.…