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State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #490

February 1, 2026|Original: 4h 25m|10 key insights|5 min read

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The shocking $5M DeepSeek moment that stunned the AI world in 2025 - and why Chinese models are about to change everything

Why these AI researchers predict a massive GPU compute explosion that could transform technology by 2026

The brutal truth about AI scaling laws: Why bigger models might NOT mean smarter intelligence

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