This relentless commoditization is not just a technological curiosity; it’s a seismic shift in power. As I wrote in February 2026, “On a single afternoon in early 2026, a technological tremor erased $30 billion from IBM’s market capitalization” [1]. The catalyst wasn’t a war or a natural disaster -- it was an AI model announcement. The genie is out of the bottle, and no amount of regulatory hand-wringing will stuff it back in. The sheer pace of improvement means that the capabilities we see today will look primitive next year, and the year after that, the most powerful intelligence on Earth may run on a device in your pocket.