Quote AI & frontier models· Jun 6, 2025

AI is more profound than fire or electricity

Many years ago, I think it might’ve been 2017 or 2018, I said at the time, AI is the most profound technology humanity will ever work on. It’ll be more profound than fire or electricity. So, I have to back myself. I still think that’s the case.

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