The Internet as AI’s Training Ground: A Retrospective from Google to ChatGPT
When Kevin Kelly questioned Larry Page in 2002 about Google’s ad-free search model, Page’s reply—'We’re really making an AI'—seemed cryptic. Two decades later, it reads as prophecy. The internet, now revealed as a petri dish for artificial intelligence, has fulfilled its latent purpose: training algorithms through every query, click, and shared link.
Alex Tabarrok’s recent observation to Tyler Cowen frames the internet’s legacy not as a communication tool, but as the nutrient-rich agar that incubated AI. 'That’s why the internet’s important,' Cowen concurred, noting society is only beginning to grasp this reality.
Cryptocurrencies like ETH, BTC, and AI-linked tokens (FET, AGIX) now ride this wave, with exchanges like Binance and Coinbase serving as trading hubs for assets betting on AI’s exponential growth. The market’s silent consensus? The web was never about information—it was about creating intelligence.
