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🔮 Exponential View #556: When execution gets cheap. Capital gains, labor pains. AI buys the grid. CRASH clock, taming complexity & new zones of influence++ ++

An insider’s view of AI and exponential technologies

Azeem Azhar and Nathan Warren
Jan 13, 2026
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This post originally appeared in Exponential View.

“I remain the Chief, yet the role feels like a pilot toggling autopilot ever higher. If progress continues, will I always occupy the cockpit?”

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