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Jeffrey Ding: AI and the Rise of Great Powers
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March 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Electricity redefined the city. AI will do the same.
Not through gadgets or sensors, but through reinvention. When intelligence becomes infrastructure, the city itself begins to think. frankdiana.net/2025/10/06/t... #AI #FutureOfCities #GeneralPurposeTechnology
The Ambient City: When Intelligence Becomes Infrastructure
The text discusses the evolution of General Purpose Technology, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence’s role in transforming urban environments. Following Ajay Agrawal’s model, cit…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Rope was the first general-purpose technology. We let the evidence rot #FiberTechnology #HistoryOfTechnology #GeneralPurposeTechnology
Rope was the first general-purpose technology. We let the evidence rot
The pyramids, the cathedrals, the age of sail: all of them ran on a technology that almost never survives long enough to be credited. Rope was arguably the first general-purpose technology — older tha
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May 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM