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Benedict Evans: AI adoption gap is a product problem, not model limits

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Tech analyst Benedict Evans compares Claude Code to spreadsheets for accountants, suggesting it can condense a week's work into an hour for developers. However, he notes that for many, the immediate utility is unclear, likening it to a lawyer's reaction to early spreadsheets. Evans posits that the gap in AI adoption stems from product challenges rather than model limitations. AI

IMPACT Suggests that AI adoption hinges on user-facing product design rather than raw model capabilities.

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Benedict Evans: AI adoption gap is a product problem, not model limits

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    Benedict Evans drops a fantastic analogy comparing Claude Code for developers to the first spreadsheet for accountants: a week of work in an hour. But for most

    Benedict Evans drops a fantastic analogy comparing Claude Code for developers to the first spreadsheet for accountants: a week of work in an hour. But for most people, they're the 1978 lawyer seeing the spreadsheet: "Very clever, maybe next week." The AI adoption gap isn't a mode…

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