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An analytical essay by Ethan Mollick (One Useful Thing) exploring how powerful AI is becoming as accessible as a Google search, covering the economics, ease of use, and societal implications of a billion people gaining access to advanced models like GPT-5 and Gemini's 'nano banana' image generator.
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A clear-eyed framing of what happens when advanced AI becomes as cheap and ubiquitous as web search, with concrete cost/energy figures and capability demos that help builders reason about pricing, adoption, and the shifting baseline of user expectations.
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