The Year A Genius Couldn't Keep Up
Big Questions with Cal Fussman
- Published
- December 30, 2025
- Duration
- 9:33
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 12, 2026
Discusses openai, ai-regulation, careers.
Summary
Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at Tesla. A mind named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 in artificial intelligence. Now imagine that same mind encountering recent, almost "alien" advances in programming—so startling they prompted a public …
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Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at Tesla. A mind named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 in artificial intelligence. Now imagine that same mind encountering recent, almost "alien" advances in programming—so startling they prompted a public admission: "I have never felt so behind." If someone like that can't keep up, what does it mean for the rest of us? We're entering a world we m
Themes
- openai
- ai-regulation
- careers