Many describe artificial intelligence as the next phase of the internet. Another view is that it represents the height of the previous one, the fullest expression of the read/write era. The scramble to own it is among the clearest signals that the own era is breaking loose, smashing its way through.

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Robert Hackett is features editor and head of special projects at a16z crypto.

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