Epoch AI researchers: 2026 is the first year AI capabilities meaningfully hit the world
Jsevillamol · x · 2026-09-22
Yafah Edelman argues 2026 is, broadly speaking, the first year AI capabilities have a very meaningful real-world impact. Epoch AI's Jsevillamol agrees: in 2025 AI helped with writing and background research, while in 2026 it is racking up hundred-billion-dollar revenues, solving a millennium problem, and has totally transformed how Epoch itself works. A pointed judgment on AI's deployment pace from industry researchers.
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