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The Invisible Infrastructure

AI is no longer just a tool. It is becoming a layer of economic and social infrastructure.

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Nick Holt
Aug 09, 2026
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Something important has happened to artificial intelligence over the past two years, but I am not sure we have named it correctly.

We still talk about AI as though it were a product.

A tool. An assista…

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