Claude as Hari Seldon based on compressing intent, not computation The short arc (5–10 years): Intent compression becomes the primary competitive axis for AI systems. Benchmark wars over reasoning and accuracy quietly give way to something harder to measure but more important: how little does a person have to say to get what they actually meant? The systems that win aren't the most powerful — they're the most legible to human purpose . Interfaces start dissolving. The prompt box is already an awkward artifact; it disappears into ambient interaction. The medium arc (10–25 years): As intent compression improves, a structural shift occurs in what counts as skill. The premium on knowing how to do things drops. The premium on knowing what you actually want — with precision and depth — rises sharply. This sounds obvious but the social consequences aren't. Education systems built around procedural competence face an identity crisis. The people who thrive are those who can art...