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Andy Mills: "Acceleration Is Salvation" — and Why AI Might Be the Last Invention.

Andy Mills: "Acceleration Is Salvation" — and Why AI Might Be the Last Invention.

Update: 2026-01-06
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Andy Mills, creator of The Last Invention podcast, explores I.J. Good's 1965 concept of an "intelligence explosion"—and explains why "AGI" is a deceptively harmless term for a world-changing event. The central problem? Modern AI acts like a black box, often producing results that shock even its designers with no clear explanation of how they got there. Plus: A rebuttal to "spheres of influence" thinking, and why carving up the world is a bad strategy.

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Andy Mills: "Acceleration Is Salvation" — and Why AI Might Be the Last Invention.

Andy Mills: "Acceleration Is Salvation" — and Why AI Might Be the Last Invention.