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AI 2040, Plan A and «Rest Of World»

Thoughts from an NPC

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Ben Reid
Jul 13, 2026
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Initial thoughts on AI 2040 from my vantage point at the edge of the [AI] world here in Aotearoa New Zealand, shaped with the assistance of Claude Fable, GPT-5.6 Sol, GLM-5.2 and Mistral Medium 3.5. (The irony not lost on me…)

TL;DR:

(1) I generally accept the exponential AI capability and automation-economics trendlines underpinning the model

(2) I’m agno…

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