A Wealth of Common Sense · 20 October 2026 · Additional Read

Tech People Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen Either

Ben Carlson

Tech insiders routinely mispredicted the metaverse and Web3 booms, and OpenAI itself underestimated ChatGPT's adoption by 10x; today's AI forecasts—from 17% GDP growth to apocalyptic job loss—deserve skepticism given the unpredictable real-world frictions (regulation, politics, corporate resistance) that will shape the technology's actual impact.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · Venture Capital & Startups

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