🔮 The transition is hiding in plain sight #604
Exponential View 1 week ago 41
The newsletter reports on several items, including new claims about electricity’s pace of electrification, a Google DeepMind framework for evaluating whether AI is conscious, and OpenAI’s release of dots. Electricity now powers 46% of global GDP, while it makes up only 23% of final energy used. It reframes how far along electrification appears and updates how readers can test AI systems against consciousness criteria, while also highlighting new personal-agent and AI product developments.