Last updated Nov 29, 2025
Sacks @ 01:19:53Inconclusive
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By roughly four years from this May 2025 episode (around May 2029, i.e., the end of the presidential term), (1) state‑of‑the‑art AI model algorithms, (2) leading AI chips, and (3) aggregate deployed AI data‑center compute capacity will each be about 100× more powerful than at the time of this discussion, implying on the order of a 1,000,000× (10^6) combined increase in effective AI compute capability available to the economy, with that gain split between lower prices, higher performance ceilings, and greater total deployed capacity.
the models, the chips, and the data centers will all be 100 times more powerful in four years, let's say at the end of this presidential term. So you multiply those things together, the algorithms, the chips, and then the raw compute that's available. You're talking about a million x increase,View on YouTube
Explanation

The prediction explicitly sets a timeline of about four years from the May 2025 episode, i.e., by the end of the current presidential term, for models, chips, and data‑center capacity each to be ~100× more powerful, yielding roughly a 1,000,000× combined increase in effective AI compute.(speakai.co) As of today (November 30, 2025), only about seven months have elapsed since the prediction, while the horizon is around May 2029, so the specified deadline has not yet arrived and the claim cannot be definitively evaluated. Current reports focus on plans and build‑outs for very large AI clusters and multi‑gigawatt data centers targeting the later 2020s (e.g., 1 GW–class clusters and massive new hyperscaler data‑center investments), underscoring that much of the projected capacity is still under construction.(80000hours.org) Because the key date is still in the future and the relevant metrics (true realized 100× gains in algorithms, chips, and deployed capacity) cannot yet be measured for 2029, the accuracy of the prediction is presently inconclusive/too early to tell.