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The AI Revolution is Underhyped

The AI Revolution is Underhyped

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AlphaGo Rewrote 2,500 Years of Strategy in One Move

AlphaGo Rewrote 2,500 Years of Strategy in One Move

AlphaGo shocked the Go community by making a move no human had seen in 2,500 years of gameplay—an entirely new paradigm of play.

It proved AI can create, not just optimize, disrupting long-held beliefs about human-exclusive innovation.

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Planning Is the Future of AI Learning

Planning Is the Future of AI Learning

AI is evolving from deep learning to reinforcement learning to planning while learning, mimicking human strategic thinking.

This shift makes AI capable of adapting in real-time, not just reacting from past data.

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Energy Is AI’s Greatest Limitation

Energy Is AI’s Greatest Limitation

The main bottleneck for AI is electricity, not data or smarter algorithms.

Scaling future AI models could require 1000x more compute power, demanding massive energy investments.

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AI Agents Could Autonomously Run Entire Businesses

AI Agents Could Autonomously Run Entire Businesses

Future AI could handle full business operations—from planning to execution—with minimal human oversight.

This would redefine what productivity, management, and labor even mean.

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Open-Source AI is a Double-Edged Sword

Open-Source AI is a Double-Edged Sword

Open-source models democratize AI, but also make biosecurity and cyber threats more likely.

Once released, dangerous tools can never be contained again.

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Zero-Knowledge Proofs Can Preserve AI-Driven Privacy

Zero-Knowledge Proofs Can Preserve AI-Driven Privacy

With zero-knowledge proofs, you can prove who you are without revealing who you are.

This could be foundational for trust in human-AI systems.

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The AI Race Mirrors the Nuclear Arms Race

The AI Race Mirrors the Nuclear Arms Race

AI development is driven by geopolitical urgency—pausing isn't feasible in a competitive global market.

Like nuclear tech, missteps could be catastrophic if we don’t build guardrails.

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AI Could Boost Productivity by 30% a Year

AI Could Boost Productivity by 30% a Year

Under certain models, AI could increase productivity annually by 30%, disrupting entire economic systems.

This could solve demographic issues like declining birthrates and labor shortages.

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Every Child Could Have a Personalized AI Tutor

Every Child Could Have a Personalized AI Tutor

AI could offer individualized education in every child’s native language, regardless of geography or income.

This levels the global playing field in a way traditional systems never could.

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AI Is a Marathon—Not a Sprint

AI Is a Marathon—Not a Sprint

Technological adaptation is now a daily habit, not a quarterly strategy.

Fall behind in AI for a month, and you could fall behind for good.

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ぬ-shaped Person: Passionate learner with diverse interests. Tech entrepreneur. PhD dropout software engineer. AI crafter. Uncomfortably skeptic and endlessly curious. Figuring out the art of living and loving. Obsessive optimizer. Suffering from tsundoku.

CURATOR'S NOTE

Eric Schmidt discusses the underestimated transformative potential of AI, its implications for humanity, and the geopolitical, ethical, and technological challenges ahead.

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