Eric Schmidt: AI and the Genesis of a New Epoch

In this closing keynote from RAISE Summit Day 1, Eric Schmidt explores “AI and the Genesis of a New Epoch,” reflecting themes from his book co-authored with Henry Kissinger and Daniel Huttenlocher. Schmidt argues we’re entering an era defined by agentic systems, rapid advances in reasoning, and the approach of AGI—with transformations arriving far faster than most leaders expect.
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Key discussion points include:

• San Francisco Consensus: Why many builders believe the world could transform in ~3 years (Schmidt’s personal view: ~6 years).
• Agentic revolution: Language + memory → autonomous workflows that reshape business, government, and everyday processes.
• Reasoning at scale: Models reaching graduate-level performance in math; what recursive self-improvement could trigger next.
• Governance & safety: Containing superintelligence with weaker systems, and the policy urgency for states and institutions.
• Compute as moat: Are we overbuilding data centers—or still underestimating demand for inference-heavy reasoning chains?
• Geopolitics of AI: Closed-source U.S. stacks vs. open-weights ecosystems (e.g., China); global adoption and strategic risk.
• Scale-free domains: How math and software enable explosive progress—and the twin rise of cyber risks.
• Leadership lessons from mobile: The #1 mistake is time—move faster, take ideas to their logical extreme, and ship.

If you’re a founder, policymaker, or enterprise leader navigating AGI, agentic AI, and compute strategy, this talk is a must-watch. Like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations with the thinkers shaping the next epoch of technology.