Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.
And they can't stop.
Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.
The race is real. The destination is fake.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI founder I talk to is on an accelerating treadmill, burdened by a nagging suspicion that the entire industry is moving too fast in a direction that doesn't quite make sense, with no idea about how to get off. There is an overwhelming feeling that if everyone stopped and
Finally dragged myself to finish Dust this week so I didn't bring that energy into 2026. More of the pointless and abrupt death for no reason, but at least it ended on a positive note.
I thought until I read the short stories at the end of the book. What an absolutely terrible way to end the series. Just destructive and awful for no good reason and completely undermines the entire point of the series.