<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # An AI-industrial system becomes self-amplifying... > An AI-industrial system becomes self-amplifying when energy operates compute, compute improves automation, automation expands production, production manufactures the next generation of energy and compute infrastructure, and increasing intelligence optimizes the entire cycle. **Source:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War: AI, Demography, and the Civilizational Contest Between America and China]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “An AI-industrial system becomes self-amplifying when energy operates compute, compute improves automation, automation expands production, production manufactures the next generation of energy and compute infrastructure, and increasing intelligence optimizes the entire cycle.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ai-industrial-system-optimizes-entire-cycle ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->