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2026 Will Be Bigger Than You Think

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Matt McDonagh
Dec 25, 2025
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AI will massively exceed what we thought possible in 2026. Continuously learning models, non-autoregressive architecture and other engineering breakthroughs will flow through constantly upgraded TPUs until we generate intelligence too cheap to meter.

This will drive a robotics boom that kicks off in 2026.

Combined, this changes the face of the planet and the path of the human race by 2030.

The current chatter on Artificial Intelligence is focused on chatbots. It is focused on productivity hacks. It is focused on cheating on high school essays. This is the equivalent of staring at a puddle while the ocean recedes behind you, gathering kinetic energy for a strike that will scour the earth.

We are not approaching an “upgrade.” We are not approaching a “cycle.” We are approaching a Phase Change.

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