Evans: AI will become invisible background infrastructure within five years
Benedict Evans · Ai eats the world · Dec 8, 2024 · at 41:34
Technology analyst Benedict Evans discusses his annual presentation 'AI Eats the World' and how historical technology shifts eventually disappear into ambient everyday usage.
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“It just, like, it just disappears. You don't think about it anymore. You know, when's the last time you did autocorrect? You know, you don't, you just, it just happens. When's the last time you used the cloud? Like it just happens. And so that's sort of the base case is that's what, that's how this will evolve. But like, you know, check back in five years and we'll see.”
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