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[Intro] On a zoomed-out time scale, technological progress follows an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), 150 years ago (no combustion engine, no home electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), and 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Chorus) techno-logical progress following an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), 150 years ago (no combustion engine, no home electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Verse) The coming change will center around the most impressive of our capabilities: the phenomenal ability to think, create, understand, and reason. To the three great techno-logical revolutions–the agricultural, the industrial, and the computational–we will add a fourth: the AI revolution. (Chorus) technological progress follows an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), 150 years ago (no combustion engine, no home electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), and 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Chorus) techno-logical progress following an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), 150 years ago (no combustion engine, no home electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Verse) The coming change will center around the most impressive of our capabilities: the phenomenal ability to think, create, understand, and reason. To the three great techno-logical revolutions–the agricultural, the industrial, and the computational–we will add a fourth: the AI revolution. (Chorus) technological progress follows an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), 150 years ago (no combustion engine, no home electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), and 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Chorus) technological progress follows an exponential curve. Compare how the world looked 15 years ago (no smartphones, really), one hundred and 50 years ago (no engines, no electricity), 1,500 years ago (no industrial machines), and 15,000 years ago (no agriculture). (Outro)