There’s a very specific reason the tech giants are suddenly racing to get AI running locally on your phone, watch, and smart glasses.

The traditional Operating System (OS) is quietly being retired. Soon, the OS as you know it will be replaced entirely by an omnipresent AI hub.

But if the OS becomes an AI, what happens to that grid of static apps we rely on every day? And when the friction of swiping and searching disappears, how does the underlying economy of the Internet shift?

In my latest piece, I explore what happens next: the death of the app, the rise of dynamic AI “Sparks,” and a hidden token economy where your device doesn’t just cost you money—it generates it.

Want a glimpse at what your digital life looks like when you stop swiping and start orchestrating?

I have been on a breathtaking journey, for decades I have been watching how we connect with the world and each other. If you’ve been around tech long enough, you remember the humble hum of single twisted-pair copper wires, and the sheer, brick-like weight of early cell phones. Fast forward to today, and we are streaming the entirety of human knowledge over millimeter-wave antennas onto super-thin slabs of glass in our pockets.

When you step back and watch that evolution unfold—from the command-line interfaces of the 1980s to the graphical user interfaces of the smartphone era—you start to see the patterns. Technology continuously evolves to remove the barriers between human intent and digital execution. If we pull the threads of what is happening across the AI industry right now, from large language models to decentralized compute, a beautiful picture emerges.

We are standing on the edge of a massive, exciting leap. We aren’t just looking at faster devices; we are looking at an era of unprecedented digital abundance, ambient computing, and truly frictionless living. Here is a glimpse of the horizon.