Yeah, you read that right. 84% of the world hasn’t touched it once. This chart breaks it down perfectly. Each square = 3.2 million people. We’ve got 2,500 dots total (the whole human population). Now look closer, Almost the entire chart is grey. That’s 6.8 billion people who’ve never used AI, not even a chatbot. Then there’s the small green dot section about 1.3B people (16%) who’ve tried free chatbots. Just a tiny gold sliver pays for AI (~15–25M). And an even smaller red dot (2–5M) actually builds with it. That’s less than 0.04% creating the future right now. Think about it: If AI is this powerful already and only 0.04% of humans truly use it , what happens when 10%, or even 50%, start building on it? 🤯 We’re not in the late game. We’re at the zero-to-one moment. So don’t stress if you feel “late” to AI. You’re actually early, very early. Use it, learn it, build with it. You’re still ahead of 8 billion people.
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Most people still don’t use AI.
Yeah, you read that right.
84% of the world hasn’t touched it once.
This chart breaks it down perfectly.
Each square = 3.2 million people.
We’ve got 2,500 dots total (the whole human population).
Now look closer,
Almost the entire chart is grey.
That’s 6.8 billion people who’ve never used AI, not even a chatbot.
Then there’s the small green dot section about 1.3B people (16%) who’ve tried free chatbots.
Just a tiny gold sliver pays for AI (~15–25M).
And an even smaller red dot (2–5M) actually builds with it.
That’s less than 0.04% creating the future right now.
Think about it:
If AI is this powerful already and only 0.04% of humans truly use it ,
what happens when 10%, or even 50%, start building on it? 🤯
We’re not in the late game.
We’re at the zero-to-one moment.
So don’t stress if you feel “late” to AI.
You’re actually early, very early.
Use it, learn it, build with it.
You’re still ahead of 8 billion people.