Cognition is becoming a commodity — intelligence will flow like oil.

Cognition is becoming a commodity — intelligence will flow like oil. | Right. So the thesis of the thesis is that a cognition is becoming a commodity like intelligence is just going to flow like oil does and we've made the point on the pod in the past that GP this is a bit of a cliche but admittedly GPUs are are the new oil so a cognition is becoming a commodity

Right. So the thesis of the thesis is that a cognition is becoming a commodity like intelligence is just going to flow like oil does and we've made the point on the pod in the past that GP this is a bit of a cliche but admittedly GPUs are are the new oil so a cognition is becoming a commodity

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