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AI moving faster than expected?

19 February 2026

Those pushing the AI boat have been predicting that this technology will allow us all to retire and enjoy a wonderful life, without the need to work a 40 hour week.

Artificial Intelligence, we're told, will boost everyone's productivity so much that our standard of living will rise dramatically and we will all benefit, even if only by way of a trickle-down effect.

So far we've not seen too much of this utopian dream being delivered, despite the investment of mind-boggling sums of money in AI datacentres and development efforts.

However, something may be about to change and change dramatically.

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