Human¹⁰⁰: Why This Week Proves AI Is Our Greatest Invention, Not Our Replacement

This editorial argues that artificial intelligence is best understood as a powerful human multiplier, not a substitute for human labor or creativity. Drawing on recent productivity data, AI is already saving the average white-collar worker nearly an hour a day—worth more than $7,000 annually per employee—yet current AI pricing captures only a small fraction of that value. The result is a widening “AI value gap” that will reshape software pricing, bundling strategies, and enterprise adoption.

The piece also highlights how the AI revolution is increasingly physical, not just digital. Massive investments in data centers, energy infrastructure, robotics, and compute signal that the next phase of AI growth depends on power, capital, and real-world systems as much as algorithms. From nuclear energy to purpose-built power generation, the infrastructure race is becoming central to AI leadership.

The core conclusion: the most successful companies and societies will not be those that focus on replacing people with AI, but those that redesign work, organizations, and systems around AI-augmented humans. The future of AI is not artificial intelligence—it is amplified human intelligence.

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