The AI Conversation Is Moving Too Fast to Be Comprehensible

The article says the AI boom is moving so fast, and with so much noise, that it is getting harder to understand what the technology is actually doing.

AI evangelism and product launches keep shifting the story—from chatbots to coding agents and other autonomous tools—before people can fully assess the last wave.

Nat Friedman’s hydration-monitoring AI assistant is used as a symbol of the mix of usefulness, hype, and creepiness now surrounding AI.

The author argues that claims of exponential progress are deepening confusion and making the AI revolution feel alienating for many observers.