People at major AI labs (using internal models) 3-4 months ahead of startup silicon valley engineers
SV founders/eng 3-6 months ahead of NY
NY founders/eng 6-12 months ahead of rest of world
Most people have no idea how fast AI shifting as 1-2 years behind SOTA
"The future is
Elad Gil argues that AI capability awareness is highly uneven: internal model users at major labs are months ahead of Silicon Valley builders, who are ahead of other startup hubs, leaving many people one to two years behind state of the art. Useful as a zeitgeist marker about the pace and uneven diffusion of AI tooling.