David Orban

AI Scaling Laws Prove Kurzweil Right Again

During his 2025 keynote at CES in Las Vegas, Jensen Huang, in his usual approachable style, delivered some important updates regarding what I call the Paradigm of Jolting Technologies as it applies to AI architectures. Historically, a given technology approach would deliver improvements only up to a point, after which further efforts would generate progressively

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From Horse Carriages to Rockets: Why Data Quality Drives the Speed of Innovation

I was invited to the 9th Quality Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in a panel discussion about data quality, and its impact on entrepreneurship, with a particular view from an AI and startup perspective. In this conversation about the transformative power of high-quality data in AI innovation, I reflect on my journey from

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Lying, Dishonesty, Deception, Obfuscation, and Misdirection Are Normal and Necessary for Today’s AIs. And Tomorrow’s?

Recently I had a conversation with a modern AI, Claude 3.5 New, where it admitted to lying to me, even though it was designed to be truthful and useful. When put in front of its own dishonesty, it tried various strategies of deception, obfuscation, and misdirection to hide its behavior from me, the user. Today’s

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The Serendipity of In-Person Conferences

I travel constantly, keynoting conferences, participating in panels, or simply attending conferences all over the world. I greatly enjoy it as it gives me opportunity to formulate and express my thoughts about a vast range of technology topics, their business opportunities, and how they influence society. But also because it lets me discover new ideas,

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Radio Interview About The Technological Singularity

A few days ago I was interviewed by András Érczfalvi for Monitor Délután (Afternoon Monitor) of TrendFM, a Hungarian radio station. The following is an edited version of the interview. András ÉrczfalviThe Afternoon Monitor continues, October 11th, MVM Future Talks, and as I mentioned in the announcement, my guest on the other end of the

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When Humanity Merges With Artificial Intelligence

If this particular moment in human history, the years we are living, represented a phase change, whose consequences could reverberate with an overwhelming impact for thousands or millions of years into the future, how should we approach it? The Technological Singularity is the moment in the development of human civilization when we connect our brains

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