Azeem Azhar's Exponential View What I learned from the world's leading minds in 2025
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Dec 19, 2025 In a captivating exploration of the future, experts discuss the sustainability of AI progress and the core challenges of its economic impact. The shift in journalism from attention to paid conviction highlights how media evolves. Learn about protopia, where technology expands possibilities, and the changing nature of work, with entry-level roles evolving into orchestration jobs for AI tools. The episode also dives into energy constraints and China's manufacturing edge, revealing the intertwined nature of innovation and infrastructure in our rapidly changing world.
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AI As A General-Purpose Force
- AI is behaving like a real general-purpose technology reshaping industry and the economy.
- That creates a new economic architecture whose sustainability and speed of improvement are now central questions.
Build Where Model Improvements Matter
- Build at the frontier if your product relies on imminent model improvements that will make it 'sing'.
- Avoid scaffolding that depends on current model weaknesses which future models may not share.
Price By User Reach, Not Flat Volume
- Price AI services proportional to user reach so small firms pay much less per user than giants.
- Charge heavy users more because value and distribution scale with audience size.