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Hyper Moore’s Law: When Exponential Isn’t Fast Enough

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Moore’s Law is dead because 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄 just buried it. AI compute isn’t just getting faster; it is on an exponential trajectory and it is upending all industries. Unlike Moore’s Law’s steady two-year cadence, AI compute now doubles every 6 months, fueled by GPUs, networking, and new AI architectures.

Hyper Moore’s Law isn’t just an upgrade, it’s a seismic shift in AI’s trajectory. Compute power is accelerating at an exponential rate, with AI models training for 99% less cost than two years ago. This wave of cascading innovation is fueling breakthroughs in biotech, quantum computing, and automation, but it’s also raising questions about control, ethics, and the unintended consequences of runaway progress.

Are we accelerating towards a golden age, or an AI-driven collapse? Hyper Moore’s Law demands urgency, but should we pause to rethink before AI outpaces human oversight?

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1. THE FIRST OPERATING SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM NETWORKS ARRIVED

Passwords are obsolete! A groundbreaking Dutch-led team has launched the first-ever quantum internet operating system, QNodeOS, making ultra-secure quantum networks as easy as WiFi. With unbreakable encryption revolutionizing finance, government, and healthcare, this tech promises cybersecurity perfection, but there’s a geopolitical race: who will control this next-gen internet; Europe, China, or the U.S.? (Nature)

2. CHINA’S SILICON-FREE CHIP BREAKTHROUGH

Chinese researchers at Peking University just shattered the silicon ceiling, unveiling a revolutionary bismuth-based transistor that’s 40% faster and 10% more energy-efficient than today’s best chips from Intel and TSMC. This breakthrough could fundamentally rewrite semiconductor geopolitics, enabling China to bypass US sanctions entirely. If scaled successfully, the global chip industry faces a stark choice: adapt swiftly or remain trapped in silicon-era stagnation. (SCMP)

3. AI SLOP AND THE DEATH OF CREATIVITY

AI isn’t just replacing jobs, it’s hijacking our creativity. With a quarter of online content now algorithm-generated, from sterile marketing copy to robotic job posts, the internet is trapped in an echo chamber of repetition. As AI floods our minds with predictable patterns, authentic originality fades. We’re at a crossroads: will we reclaim human imagination, or let algorithms dictate what creativity means? (The New Statesman)

4. AI WITHOUT A MORAL COMPASS? THE U.S. JUST REWROTE THE RULES

AI is now America’s newest ideological battlefield. Under Trump’s administration, the US has erased key principles like “AI fairness” and “safety” from national policy, pivoting sharply towards economic dominance and ideological neutrality. With NIST sidelining safeguards against discriminatory algorithms and misinformation, the risks multiply, especially in hiring, policing, and healthcare. Is this a necessary correction, or are we racing blindly toward an AI Wild West? (Wired)

5. THE AGI TIPPING POINT: ARE WE ALREADY TOO LATE?

Artificial General Intelligence isn’t decades away, it’s knocking at the door. Tech giants from OpenAI to DeepMind are investing billions, racing toward AGI’s unprecedented economic and military power. AGI will transform industries, geopolitics, and employment. Not gradually, but suddenly. Denial isn’t strategy. AGI’s arrival demands rapid governance and awareness. Are we ready to shape it, or will we let it shape us? (AFR)

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