Understanding AI by Nicolas Sauburet (2019) AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan (2020) Nicolas Sauburet’s Understanding AI (2019) tried to make sense of “intelligent machines” at a time when most people were still guessing what that meant. He talked about the computational complexity of real-world problems, that some might remain beyond the reach of even the fastest computers. He was spot on about one thing: AI would need massive processing power. What he probably didn’t imag

Every once in a while, a piece of writing reminds you why real journalism matters, the kind that doesn’t just inform but investigates, questions and connects the dots that others miss. R. Gurumurthy’s ET Prime article (Oct 10 2025) is one such work (Read here:  bit.ly/ETPrimeAI10Oct  ). It dives deep into how the AI race today is being driven as much by finance as by technology, a theme that echoed what I found earlier in Gary Rivlin’s AI Valley. Gurumurthy’s analysis “OpenAI

A review of AI Valley – Microsoft, Google and the Race to Cash in on Artificial Intelligence by Gary Rivlin Is AI already a high stakes game reserved for technology giants? That’s the question Gary Rivlin explores in AI Valley , a story that traces how a fascinating idea may still require the heft of economics behind it. The author follows the journey of Mustafa Suleyman, an International mediator & unlikeliest of protagonists, who would go on to co-found DeepMind with Shane