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Jakob Nielsen · 23 Oct 2026

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AI software advances much faster than AI hardware, because software can be copied while every physical machine has to be built.

Their wordsAI software moves at bitspeed, but AI hardware only moves at atomspeed: you can't copy-paste a robotaxi; somebody has to build each one.
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If current attitudes toward AI persist, Asia will reap the biggest AI gains of the coming decade.

Their wordsMy prediction: if these attitudes persist, Asia will reap the biggest AI gains of the coming decade.
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Telling users to verify everything an AI says dumps a new research project on people who came to the AI to save work.

Their wordsTelling users to verify everything dumps a fresh research project on people who came to the AI to save work.

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