Three years after ChatGPT, AI is everywhere, except in macroeconomic data.
If AI’s value is in productivity enhancement, it's still not showing up in the numbers.
AI = LOTS OF HYPE. pic.twitter.com/x96Abr0tD7
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 15, 2026
AI job predictions that were supposed to happen by now according to “experts”
– 85 million jobs replaced by AI by 2025 (WEF)
– 75 million need to switch occupation from AI (McKinsey)
– One-quarter of jobs taken by 2025 (BCG)
– One third of jobs taken by 2025 (Gartner)
– 85% of…— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) February 15, 2026
The biggest AI shock happened last week, and you probably didn’t hear about it.
It wasn’t Nvidia. It wasn’t OpenAI.
It was trucking.
A tiny company that used to sell karaoke machines put out a paper saying its AI boosted freight volumes 300% without hiring more drivers.
The… pic.twitter.com/IuNbJHp74J
— Nic (@nicrypto) February 15, 2026