Real Vision: Finance & Investing We're Not Ready For This
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Mar 5, 2026 David Mattin, technology lead and co-creator of The Exponentialist, explores AI, energy, agents, and robots. He outlines intelligence per unit energy, AI running real-world tasks, agent-driven marketplaces, and the risks of putting AGI into powerful bodies. Short, provocative takes on solar, geopolitics, memory limits, and how people might adapt.
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Radical Abundance Breaks Traditional Economic Metrics
- Radical abundance from AI will push many prices toward zero, making GDP and price-based measures incoherent.
- David warns much value will be created but not captured by current economic metrics, shifting what matters to intelligence production.
Claude Growing A Tomato Showed AI Can Run Farms
- Raoul recounts the 'Claude grew a tomato' project as both performance art and a demonstration that AI can run farming operations.
- The example showed AI-managed agriculture and raised questions about machine attachment and practical automation.
Persistent Memory Is The Key To True AI Companions
- Memory and large context windows are the crucial missing pieces for persistent AI companions that truly know you.
- Raoul explains current models forget between chats and a RAG database or infinite memory will be transformative.