Obama on AI: 'not overhyped' — we're on the exponential hockey stick trajectory
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-20
In a new interview on Colgate University's YouTube channel, Barack Obama discussed recursive self-improvement in AI, saying the technology is not overhyped and that models are now entering a hockey stick trajectory, getting smarter at an exponential pace.
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