I saw a visualization from Steven Bartlett recently that completely reframed my perspective on the "AI Revolution."
If you spend ten minutes on X (Twitter) or LinkedIn, you’ll convince yourself you’re already behind. You see 19-year-olds shipping startups from bedrooms and companies being automated overnight.
But the data tells a different story.
Imagine 2,500 dots. Each dot represents 3.2 million people. Together, they represent all 8.1 billion humans on Earth.
The Sea of Grey: 6.8 billion people have never used AI. Not even once.
The Green Strip: 1.3 billion people have tried a free chatbot.
The Yellow Sliver: Only ~20 million people actually pay for a pro tool.
The Red Pixel: A tiny fraction—maybe 5 million—are actually using AI to code or build.
The "Fire" Moment
Whenever I show a simple AI tool to a friend back in my hometown, they react like I’ve just shown them fire for the first time. They have no idea this exists. To them, AI is just "that thing that makes weird pictures."
They have no concept of agents, custom automations, or reasoning models. And they aren't alone:
82% of American businesses still aren’t using AI.
Only 4% have "mature" AI capabilities.
78% of executives say it’s moving too fast to keep up.
How to Join the 1%
When people ask, "How do I catch up?" the answer is almost laughably simple. You don’t need a Computer Science degree or an understanding of transformer architecture.
To put yourself in the top 1% of AI knowledge on the planet, do this:
Pay for one pro tool.
Use it every single day for 30 days.
Watch one deep-dive explainer video.
That is it. Most of the world is still staring at the "Grey." If you lean in now, you aren't just early—you're at the starting line before the race has even begun.
We are so, so early.
Reviewed by Hernani Del Giudice
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March 03, 2026
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