Is AI Progress Stalling? Or is it me?
Is AI Progress Stalling?Or is it me?Arnold KlingJul 30, 202637515ShareI am a little concerned about how this little essay will land. A lot of people have deeply-ingrained opinions about AI. If AIDS were not already taken as an acronym, I would say that many have AI Derangement Syndrome.
- ▪Is AI Progress Stalling?Or is it me?Arnold KlingJul 30, 202637515ShareI am a little concerned about how this little essay will land.
- ▪A lot of people have deeply-ingrained opinions about AI.
- ▪If AIDS were not already taken as an acronym, I would say that many have AI Derangement Syndrome.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (AI / LLM) |
| Canonical URL | https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/is-ai-progress-stalling |
| Publication time | Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:58:17 +0000 |
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Is AI Progress Stalling?Or is it me?Arnold KlingJul 30, 202637515ShareI am a little concerned about how this little essay will land. A lot of people have deeply-ingrained opinions about AI. If AIDS were not already taken as an acronym, I would say that many have AI Derangement Syndrome. Love AI or hate it, none of us, including me, has enough experience to be able to really be sure where it’s going or what the impact will be. So I would appreciate if if you can keep your comments focused on the limited contents of this essay and not use it as a platform to say things like “Ha! What I’ve always said about AI is…”The narrow point of this post is that I find that I am not doing anything with AI that I could not have done two years ago.
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