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A standout moment was Geoffrey Hinton's keynote, a rare appearance by the "godfather of AI," whose insights into the evolution of language models and neural networks were both inspiring and sobering. Recalling the early days of AI in 1985, Hinton discussed how models trained on just 100 data points seemed impossible to scale, yet today we have AI models vastly more capable—billions of times more powerful. His reflection underscored how rapidly the field has advanced beyond previous expectations.