Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and the other AI kingpins only have themselves to blame for the scare rippling through the economy right now

"AI's leading companies have run afoul of a market development principle called the adjacent possible. That principle asserts that innovations only truly catch on when two factors connect: One, the new thing works reliably, and two, people understand why they need it. Simply creating a cool new technology is never enough; fail to bring the public along, and you wind up with either weak demand or a backlash."

"The executives are blaming others for this crisis in AI confidence. It's the public's fault. It's the market's fault. It's the critics' fault. But the problem is more fundamental: AI's leading companies have run afoul of a market development principle called the adjacent possible."

"Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei regularly publishes essays foreseeing AI burning down half of all white collar jobs in the next five years. The executives are blaming others for this crisis in AI confidence, yet they themselves created anxiety about economic security in an AI-powered world."

AI leaders like Sam Altman express frustration that public adoption of AI technology is slower than expected, but this resistance stems from their own actions. While promoting AI advancement, executives simultaneously warned about massive job displacement in white-collar sectors. The core issue reflects the 'adjacent possible' principle: innovations succeed only when they work reliably and people understand why they need them. AI companies failed to bring the public along, creating weaker-than-expected demand and growing backlash. Rather than acknowledging this fundamental market development failure, AI executives blame skeptics, critics, and the market itself for resistance to AI integration.

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