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This summary covers The Economist’s March 28th, 2026 Science & technology article on page 76, headlined Picking their brains.
The core idea is that the AI race is not just about chips, money or the best model release. It is also about who has the deepest pool of talented researchers, and the article argues that China is now pulling ahead on that front.
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The Pragmatic Engineer surfaced this piece in its April 7, 2026 issue, and the original post is Cycles of disruption in the tech industry: with software pioneers Kent Beck & Martin Fowler.
Gergely Orosz summarizes a live conversation with Kent Beck and Martin Fowler about how AI compares with earlier technology shifts like the internet, object-oriented programming, and Agile. Their broad argument is that AI feels bigger, faster, and messier than those earlier transitions, and that it is already changing how software teams work, how companies measure performance, and what good engineering discipline looks like.
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