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Nov 17, 2025 
Andrew Ng, a renowned AI leader and co-founder of Coursera, discusses the current state of AI, emphasizing major bottlenecks like data and electricity constraints. He explores the geopolitical implications of large language models as potential soft power tools. The conversation touches on AI's role in economic growth, predicting it could drive GDP increases of 5-6%. Ng also critiques the hype around AI, urging for sensible regulation and advocating for a curriculum overhauling to educate the next generation in coding and AI tools.
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Data Centers Are Critical Infrastructure
- Data centers and electricity are critical infrastructure for AI and the digital economy.
- Short-term bottlenecks include electricity and semiconductors despite needs for more data and algorithms.
Compute Demand Remains Insatiable
- Demand for compute and token generation is insatiable across many valuable workloads like AI-assisted coding.
- We lack enough semiconductors, data centers, and electricity to meet current inference demand.
Use Policy To Attract Talent And Secure Chips
- Attract top global talent by cultivating America as a destination that respects rule of law and opportunity.
- Secure the semiconductor supply chain to avoid over-reliance on single sources like TSMC.