The news around artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a fever pitch. However, this isn’t just about algorithms and data; we stand at a precipice in personal hardware, eerily similar to the moments that gave birth to the personal computer and the modern smartphone.
The tectonic plates of technology are shifting, and the established giants of today — think of Intel in the early PC era or Nokia before the iPhone — could find themselves struggling to adapt in a world fundamentally reshaped by AI.
Let’s talk about the hardware revolution brewing beneath AI’s rise and the existential risks it poses to today’s chipmaking giants. We’ll close with my Product of the Week: the HP OmniBook X Flip Next Gen AI 16, which could make your current laptop look like a typewriter.
Tech Revolutions: From PCs to Smartphones
The early days of personal computing were defined by a fragmented landscape. Then came Apple, which democratized computing with the Macintosh, much like it would later do with music players via the iPod. Yet Apple, for all its visionary beginnings, lost the lead in PCs and almost went under before Steve Jobs’ return and the iPod’s salvific launch. Talk about cutting it close!
