Ten Minutes On... AI Anxiety: Power, Chips and the Limits of Intelligence

TEN MINUTES ON…

In this week's episode of Ten Minutes On…, Guy Burton explores two seemingly separate AI stories that reveal a shared and unsettling pattern. On one side is the intensifying geopolitical battle over advanced semiconductors, as the United States, China and Europe struggle to balance national security, business interests and technological dominance. On the other is the rise of AI agents interacting with each other on a new social media platform, fuelling sensational claims about artificial intelligence replacing humans. Together, these stories expose the growing gap between hype and reality in AI development, the limits of today’s “narrow” AI and the deeper political and economic tensions shaping its future. Rather than heralding an imminent technological revolution, the episode asks what these developments really tell us about power, governance and who controls the systems increasingly shaping our world.

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