Perception Is the new compute

Artificial intelligence learned to think in the datacenter, now it must learn to perceive the real world. As AI moves into robots, vehicles, and factories, sensing becomes the foundation on which all Physical AI is built—the first and most decisive step in turning physical signals into intelligent action. This presentation reframes sensing from a commodity input into the strategic frontier of the AI era, showing why, as compute grows abundant, perception becomes the true differentiator.