A user argues that three increasingly rigid barriers stand in the way of wider AI adoption: understanding what AI can do, changing how people approach life and work, and wanting to delegate tasks at all. The mindset shift, they suggest, involves thinking like a manager who breaks down and assigns work. But people may still prefer doing some things themselves, such as shopping. Writing on September 26, 2026, the author predicts it will take 3–5 years for people in the "middle of the curve" to understand the AI capabilities already available and change their mindset to use them.