Episode
The method of invention, AI's new clock speed and why capital markets are confused
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View · Dec 5, 2025 · 24 min
In this episode, I reflect on the third anniversary of ChatGPT's launch as a marker of where we are in the exponential age. As a product, ChatGPT captures the speed of technological progress, the new behaviours emerging around it and the widening gap between innovation and institutional change – all symptomatic of the era I called the exponential age in my 2021 book.