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Artificial Intelligence

Rapid advancements in AI today have the potential to change everything about everything. But will they? We’re exploring what will change, how, and whether we’re building digital gods or stochastic parrots.

A timeline titled "The 80 Year Cycle of American Reinvention" shows portraits of Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and a silhouette with a question mark, marking years 1785, 1865, 1945, and 2025.

The Great Progression

Why America reinvents itself every 80 years — and is doing so again

Three separate theories help explain why America enters a period of great progress every 80 years — and why another is coming soon.

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The race to AGI

How DeepSeek rewrote the rules of the AI race

Chinese startup DeepSeek has proven that vast quantities of capital and cutting-edge chips aren’t prerequisites for world-class AI.

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The Great Progression

Kevin Kelly points a new way forward into the Age of AI

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America helps build out some big through lines on what’s possible with AI in the next 25 years.

A tool, a rival, or a collaborator?