Home Speakers Brad Smith Quote In many ways, artificial intelligence is the electricity of our age, and the next four years can build a foundation for America’s economic success for the next quarter century.
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A key opportunity for most people will be to develop an AI fluency that will enable them to use AI in their jobs, much as they use laptops, smartphones, software applications, and the internet today. Blog The Golden Opportunity for American AI Jan 3, 2025
During the next quarter century, we believe AI can help create the next billion AI-enabled jobs, reaching not just services but manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, government, and every other part of the economy. Blog The Golden Opportunity for American AI Jan 3, 2025
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If this is the first of many primitives specialized for production, then harnesses are about to capture a lot more margin. About this quote 
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