An essay analyzing the exponential improvement of AI capabilities and the shift from co-intelligence (interactive AI assistance) to agentic AI systems that autonomously complete complex tasks. The author examines real-world examples like StrongDM's Software Factory, which uses AI agents to write, test, and deploy production code without human involvement, and discusses the organizational and market disruptions this enables.
A Pentagon official disclosed that the US military is deploying generative AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok) as a conversational layer atop traditional AI systems like Maven to accelerate target prioritization and analysis in military operations, with human verification required before strikes. The disclosure comes amid scrutiny over an airstrike on an Iranian school and ongoing tensions between the Pentagon and AI companies over acceptable use of their models.