A Rational Conversation on Where AI Is Actually Going | Benedict Evans on Lenny's Podcast

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The 1997 analogy: We are in an era of radical uncertainty where the technology is transformative but most high-value use cases haven't been built yet and the "winners" are not yet clear. Just as it was impossible in 1997 to predict that a search engine with a quirky logo would reshape the world, we cannot yet see the final shape of the AI-driven ec

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Aaron Levie: AI Psychosis and the Last Mile of Agent Work Evans' 'radical uncertainty' framing aligns with Levie's observation that agent work still struggles with reliable last-mile execution.

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Intelligence is not the main bottleneck Benedict Evans' rational AI trajectory analysis likely surfaces adoption, regulation, and organizational change as the real constraints, supporting the non-intelligence bottleneck thesis

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First published:	Monday, 1 June 2026 at 12:00 UTC
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