Is AI the most rapidly adopted technology ever? Many Kansans would (correctly) say yes

By: Eric Thomas

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 1,392

Last Updated: 1 day, 15 hours ago

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For the past few months, I have been collecting personal anecdotes and news stories about how casually and quickly Kansas — and the world — has been adopting artificial technology.

The research papers we assign ChatGPT to write. The spreadsheet formulas we delegate to Copilot. The internet searches that Gemini wrestles away from old-school Google. The vacations that we allow Claude to plan.

Taking advantage of the billions of smartphones in our pockets, the …

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