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The Dawn of a New Renaissance: AI’s Democratizing Power
Good morning, everyone. David Shapiro here with a reflection on the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, as illuminated by recent data from Epoch AI. The core takeaway is that open-source AI models are now roughly three to three and a half months behind the leading foundation models—significantly narrowing what was once a gap of 6 to 18 months. While this may seem like technical minutiae, Shapiro argues that this accelerated convergence is profoundly good news for civilization and the human species.