Matthew Berman: Hard Takeoff Has Started — AI Capability Acceleration Evidence

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Matthew Berman (45K views) argues that accelerating AI capability gains across multiple model families — Gemini 3.1 Pro's 2x reasoning jump, GPT-5.4's expanded capabilities, and open-weight models closing the gap — constitute evidence of a 'hard takeoff' pattern where capability improvements compound faster than linear scaling would predict. The video synthesizes recent benchmark data and release cadence to make the case that the 2026 trajectory is steeper than most observers expected even six months ago.