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Dave Smith

Ex-Google CEO says superintelligence is tech's holy grail—but the U.S. is ill-equipped to address its 'natural limit'

Eric Schmidt sitting pretty (Credit: Nathan Laine / Bloomberg—Getty Images)
  • AI is all the rage right now, but the next major step for artificial intelligence is superintelligence. That’s what some of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley are pouring billions of dollars into. And Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive from 2001 to 2011, said the biggest challenge in achieving and utilizing superintelligence will be having enough electricity to power it all.

It seems every company under the sun these days is leveraging, investing in, or using AI in some way or another. The value of artificial intelligence—automating repetitive tasks, boosting efficiency, and solving extremely complex problems—has Wall Street salivating. 

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