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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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