# The Year A Genius Couldn't Keep Up

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Podcast: [Big Questions with Cal Fussman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404)
Published: 2025-12-30T08:00:00+00:00
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Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at Tesla. A mind named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 in artificial intelligence. Now imagine that same mind encountering recent, almost "alien" advances in programming—so startling they prompted a public admission: "I have never felt so behind. " If someone like that can't keep up, what does it mean for the rest of us? We're entering a world we may not soon recognize. F or Cal, that realization leads to a simple conclusion: T his New Year isn't about racing machines—it's about reclaiming what they can't replace.

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