Eric Schmidt: "The AI revolution is underhyped"

Ewan MacLeod

16 May 2025 — 1 min read

I always enjoy listening to what Eric Schmidt has to say about the AI world – and he's back again, this time in a 25-minute TED conversation published today.

I'd recommend sitting and watching what he has to say, especially in the context of Conversational AI and how he is viewing the next steps of the evolution of 'computing' in a business context.

But it's not just that.

There are some serious existential issues that he raises that I reckon we'll all have to be looking at really soon.

Have a watch/listen here:

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