October 2025
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
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English
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CHAPTER 1The AI Revolution 2.0
“The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed.”
—William Gibson
A VERY PERSONAL JOURNEY
It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon in 2023 when I witnessed something that made me question everything I thought I knew about artificial intelligence. I had been working with AI systems for decades, but this was different. An AI agent, when tasked with a complex operation by another agent, independently searched for, downloaded, and successfully installed a missing library—all without human intervention. I sat there, coffee growing cold in my hand, watching as these digital entities collaborated with a level of autonomy that felt almost organic. This moment, seemingly small, was as profound as other transformative moments in my journey with technology.
But let me step back. My journey with transformative technologies began long before this moment, and each step along the way has been a reminder that the future often arrives quietly, in unexpected breakthroughs that initially seem modest but prove revolutionary. These moments, while unexpected, are not random; they are the result of the persistent efforts of many talented individuals, building on previous breakthroughs and insights.
In 1999, I was part of a team working on what seemed like an impossible dream: streaming high-quality video over consumer cable networks. Today, when we casually stream 4K content on our phones, it’s hard to convey the excitement we felt when we first achieved what ...
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