# AI Innovation Is Outrunning Human Absorption by Dave Blundin > "The rate of innovation is already beyond what most people can keep up with. ... The AI will just keep going. It'll go from week to day to hour to minute, so it's gonna exist, but then what is the human experience in absorbing these things and knowing what's possible?" > **— Dave Blundin**, *Moonshots #309, recorded November 6, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Midterms, Politics, AI, and Infrastructure Research - Moonshots|Midterms, Politics, AI, and Infrastructure Research — Moonshots]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [recording, 01:00:21–01:01:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-ADiC7Khs&t=3621s). - **Editorial form:** The readable quotation retains visible brackets and/or an ellipsis for source-supported clarification or omission. The candidate map below records the exact treatment. - **Context and treatment:** Dave Blundin names AI's release cadence, places the problem in the near-term human experience, and identifies comprehension and absorption—not capability—as the bottleneck; [recording, 01:00:21–01:01:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-ADiC7Khs&t=3621s). Direct continuous turn; the ellipsis omits the iPhone-release analogy and rollout-process aside without changing the proposition. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/The Politics of AI Infrastructure|The Politics of AI Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028|The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Dave Blundin|Dave Blundin]] - [[wiki/Scientific Acceleration|Scientific Acceleration]] - [[wiki/Moonshots 309|Moonshots 309]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The rate of innovation is already beyond what most people can keep up with. ... The AI will just keep going. It'll go from week to day to hour to minute, so it's gonna exist, but then what is the human experience in absorbing these things and knowing what's possible?" — Dave Blundin, Moonshots #309, recorded November 6, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-dave-blundin-ai-innovation-is-outrunning-human-absorption ```